, but Megan followed h

lifted her chin. "You look so pathe

to the coffee shop next door. Brenda followed, an

engagement party and the expensive custom

k. Megan sat straighter and r

ne, replying to Leo's messag

ally. "Sister, have your poor relatives found a place to stay in New York

She met Megan's eyes without b

t up," Ava

then became furious. "How dare you order me around? Do

Ava interrupted, he

ere, nor did she want her innocent

ed a finger at Ava's nose. "You're just a

he vintage Edison bulb from the decorative lamp on the ta

pen, making it impossible for her to close her mouth

l silent. Everyone stared,

am. She rushed over, trying to pull the bulb out, bu

d up her phone, and scro

11, crying that her daug

hed its peak, a low rumble of

ed to be from a movie, pulled up slowly in front of t

ed bodyguards got out of the lead and tail c

ing Brenda, stared in awe, craning th

re opened by bodyguards, and se

s, tall and imposing, and the

ding a tablet. His eyes scanned the

walked straight into the coffee shop, through

tablet. His voice was low but uneven. "Ava... Sister

e shop we

e seven distinguished men, then at Ava, her mind a complete bla

causing her immense pain, but the shock she felt wa

her, then at the extravagant fleet of cars behind them, and

ward as if to hug her, then caught h

ightbulb in her mouth, and his eyes instantly turned cold.