ther steering wheel. The tires of the Porsche

into park and collapsed forward, resting her forehead against the steering wh

arview mirror. Her mascara was smeared down her pale cheeks

She opened an app to book a room at the Plaza Hotel on the

ard tied to Emmett's pri

e screen: Transaction D

alert due to the late hour. She selected h

n Declined

omach. She opened her banking app and

ner across the top read: All assets temporarily locked by judicia

t a dry, bre

ied to their marriage. He had used his armada of corporate lawyers to fabricate a compl

e contents onto the leather upholstery. Lipstick, keys, a compac

rsche had a built-in GPS tracker. E

ion. She tossed the heavy car

nto the freezing rain, leaving the hundr

on the wet pavement, until she saw a battere

limbed into the back seat,

the rearview mirror. "Where to, l

him the name of a cheap motel s

Manhattan. The towering skyscrapers faded, replace

driver her cash. It was just enoug

g Daisy's ruined designer dress with suspicion. She

stairs to the second floor. She unlo

stale cigarette smoke

e deadbolt, and dragged the heavy w

ed barefoot across the stained carpet

n her hand. A push n

rt. Billionaire'

Emmett standing in front of Eryn, his broad back shielding

down. The comme

ity case wife is fi

ve anyway. Daisy wa

wing screen. The dam in

screen. She curled into a tight ball on the hard bed, biti