ve, double walnut doors of the penthouse. She was already drai

hed the

of her stepmother-in-law's sharp, mocki

walked into the vast, sun-drenched space. Floor-to-ceiling windows of

stack of printed papers in her hand. Without a word of greeting, she hurled

out!" Meredith's voice was cold, commanding, each word a lash. "The Montgomery family may be wealthy, and A

er brow furrowed. She looked down

ntinued, her eyes boring into Eleo

even need to ask, Mother? It's obvious, isn't it? The Lowe family has a two hundred milli

ess she turned out to be. A thief with a designer handb

eyes narrowed as she took in the details-the wire had been sent to an offshore account in the Cayman Islands, routed throu

money wasn't taken by me," she stated cal

Do not take me for a senile old woman. This is the s

rd Chloe before returning to Meredith. "If you don't believe me, Mother, we can call the po

s earlier confidence. "The police? What are you talking about? You wa

ook that money, and you'd better pay it back,

doorway, then back to Eleon

ng dangerously quiet. "Tell me, Chloe. How much did you lose in

too loud, too fast. She was like a cor

think you would dare to turn this on my daughter! You come into

hrough Meredith's tirade like a blade. "Furthermore, a transfer of that size would require a two-factor

words hang

elltale sign of her guilt. Eleonore saw it. The flicker of

ce. The FBI takes money laundering investigations very se

lped, lunging for

Chloe, off-balance, stumbled an

face contorted with rage. "Call Avon right no

phone, her fingers fumbl

s, a voice came from behind th

divo

Their heads snapped in

s rolled to the elbows, the fabric stretching slightly across his shoulders. He looked as handsome as the day she had