loor lobby is stiff, offering no

sitting there

p with three new text messages. All from different credi

e glass coffee table and presses the heels of her hands

om the elevator

alks directly toward her.

ill see you n

ck dots. She grips the edge of the sofa to steady h

ell is not at his desk. He is sitting on a black

instripe suit holding a thick stack of docu

ys, not bothering to look at her. He takes a

t the coldness in his voi

lry," Dell continues, setting his glass

hat was not my prop

voice slicing through the air like a blade. "It has zero in

rward and hands Chant

int screams at her. She must repay the fift

fty million dollars in three years

sees the panic rising in her chest. He sees the w

al says, her voice barely

an walk out that door right now and let th

in Chantal's ears. Her stomach twists into a painfu

pen from Julian's outstretched hand. Her finge

ting Dell's cold,

pt," sh

ssory note. She signs the brutal, ironclad prenuptial

back, inspects the signa

over to her and extends h

ion of a second. She reaches

nt jolt of electricity shoots up Chant

ain-a pitch-black room, the smell of sweat and alcohol, heavy breathi

, her eye

y, as if her touch disgusts

," Dell orders, walking back to his desk. "Have your things pac

ush down the sudden nausea and the

z," she says, h

e office. She has the money,