y a second. Then, her ac

look at Fiona. She scrambled off the bed and ran past her, out into the hall

his arms. "Fiona's gone crazy! She broke down

efender, immediately wrapped his arms around his "fragile" siste

ning of this? Apologize

e peacemaker. "Fiona, calm down. You're misu

Bette, who was artfully hiding her face in Alistair's shou

r father, Cyrus Donaldson, appeared at the top of the st

wed it! I spilled coffee on mine!" The

h. He cared about the Donaldson-Ball alliance. He cared ab

tation, this entire sordid affair ends now. Fiona, you will withdraw from the engagemen

to the wolves to protect Bette's name

en her. And she started to laugh. It wasn't a happy sound.

she said, her laughter dying i

almost satisfying. Bette and Chi

voice dropping to a steely

ping directly in front of her father. Sh

atement announcing that we are terminating the en

. "Are you insane? That's a decla

leman moves out. Today. My mother's

rieked from behind h

g to my mother's estate. The principal from her trust fund, which you've been illegally absorbing f

ition, Cyrus's

greedy and vindictiv

g something like this would happen. On the drive ove

hallway, clear as day. Their plotting, the

l Cyrus officially

agement will

along with the hotel's security footage of my fiancé and sister a

derstood the language of leverage. A scandal of this magnitude wouldn't just be emb

It was as if he was seeing his quiet, compliant daughter for th

tretched, thi

nched teeth, Cyrus s

face a mask of betrayal. For the