artment gathered around Genevieve, a

th the hospital. The moment she decided to leave, th

could s

power of a

ust to get a foot in the door at a prestigious hospital, Genevieve was

is welcomed

three years. Now that she'd finally come

od for

department pinned the blame for Gen

eve, who was so brilliant, so dedicated, and

spital corridor, she saw Chloe

small entourage, all of them

are you going?"

vagant dresses and the makeup artists trailing behind

lothes in her hands tumbled to the

vel ag

cked up the fallen clothes and draped them over Chloe'

's chin up, closing her still-gaping mouth. "Wait

precision. Time was a r

hour later, she was

ged a puzzled look with her mother. "Mom,

ou lost the baby, and the Everett family has laid all the blame at her feet. Of cour

o you think she could find any evidence? Some clue

cousin's pharmaceutical company. Their security is the tightest in the industry. H

lutely sure. Genevieve is meticulous. She's sharp and logical. This

, if it weren't for that good-for-nothing husband of yours, you would

Elara stopped her with a frown. "Mom, just make the call

ed. Once the call connected, she emphatically told the person on the oth

assurance, along with a stream of flattery. He

they're such dimwits-they didn't even bother to investigate before blaming Genevieve for the baby.

verett Group's CEO-your pharmaceutical company will rise right along with us.

exaggerated, her

tiny red light-no bigger than a grain

ed to her room, it was packe

amazement. "So many outfits! Can

"This is nothing. I only grabbed a fe

d at Genevieve's

ent away everyone who wa

lled J

d his secretary. It was a

each Julian, she'd had to go through his secretary. She'd asked

h the speakerphone-Chloe had insisted. "Make it quic

ared instantly at

tude was a direct re

way, Julian himself must b

n spoke into the phone, her voice calm but cold. "Tell Julian that Ela

mediately, though his tone r

ian must have given him permission! So if it's abo

fell, a cold, deep voice

t's this a

ve said. "I want to t

ollowed by a poorly concealed scoff.

disrupt Genevieve's plan. Her face flushe

person, and she was largely indifferent to Julian's tone-or rather, she'd grow

Clear your schedule. We'

paused

voice dripped with disdain. "Genevie

lly before you ma

thought it through. Two o'clock

t your office in five minutes. If there's nothing else

t word left her mo

choed through J

side, immediately noticing Julian's narrowed ey

, barely dar

ked up, his gaze i

orward. "This just arrived fo

evieve. Her signature was already at the bott

ement wa

, four words stood out

he tossed the pape

ne

approach to p

is attention. Utterl

g laugh. "What game is she playing now, Mr. Everett? Does she think this gets

pression wa

get one. I'd like to see just ho

his afternoo

e: spoil a woman, and she would walk all over h

of begging for forgiveness, she had the audacity to u

t to see how she would grovel

ak of hers, to make sure she never dared utter the word "divorce" a

with n

a