ance's voice barked

s. Panic seized her throat. She tried to s

ack. He didn't let her retreat. Instead, he reach

ammed agains

into the bright l

s silk shirt. Eloisa was huddled in the corner, clutchin

d he recognized Carra. His face

, marching toward her. "Are yo

n still displaying the video she had just taken. Her

Vance. You left a trail of

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at her. "This is a PR rehearsal. We are doing a chemistry read for

k laugh bubble u

she repeated. "With

he blame. "You control my schedule, my diet, my life! Yo

burned the back of her eyes, b

, deliberate footsteps

and stepped into the room. The air pr

who owned the very studio that paid his salary. The blood r

c squeak. She dropped to

whimpered, her

r pocket of his suit jacket. He pulled out a folded pi

with a s

," Jory

scanned the text. It was a medical docume

ey. Eight we

She and Vance had been together for three years, meticulously ca

it burned him. He fell to his knees right there on the rug. "I di

iliate its CEO," Jory said, his voice flat and de

ard. "I'll do anything. I'll pay

n at him with a

he mud by a failed engagement. I dictate the narrati

inked, c

child," Jory dictated. "And I will take Carra. I need a wife to pacify my family and the board,

even hesitate

, his eyes hard. "Carra, you hear that? You're out. You're too plai

of Carra's hear

ance. She didn't y

far as she could, and slapped him across the

ounded like

. A drop of blood instantly well

er voice dripping with

spine perfectly straight and walked o

s cufflink, shot Vance a look that

e punched the button. The doors s

osed, cutting them off from t

he elevator, gasping for ai

pulled out a dark blue silk handkerchief that sme