d out of the Drunken Moon Hotel, she had to go to another restaurant, right across the street, with h

entire staff. Megan was so upset that a knot formed in her throat, and she couldn't bring herself to eat anything. Suddenly, all her hard work seemed to be in vain. She'd gone through thick and

other nudged

xpression only deepening. Her da

ed out of there. This restaurant is much better anyway

olled h

know is how Scarlett pulled this off. The bitch isn't

tightening around his fork. A fo

ut you shouldn't call her name

e, can I? She must've slept with him...

p, but she didn't allow herself to dwell on that. Austin was sitting across from her, and he looked even more upset tha

. "Scarlett played me like a fool. All this tim

ays has been," Meg

even met the man. I've been trying to book a bu

'll tell you! She just ha

boomed, slamming h

again and risk upsetting her f

o angry at her. She got you kicked

ot her lack of respect and focused on that m

so humiliated in

kily, no one he knew had been present at the restaurant to

an and her mother were quite used to it. They weren't from wealthy families, and

tt's father took out his phone w

g, darling?" Megan

Scarlett's credit c

ghting her eyes for the first time sin

e?" she

lesson. She'll learn that she's nothing without me... Not coming ba

ur of them resumed their meal with lighter hearts, now that they'd done something th

a great time in the most luxurious booth of the Drunken

carlett picked at them, each one more delicious than the last. She ate to her heart's

w minutes later, the door opened again and a young waitress asked if she wanted anything else. Scarlett

was to your l

ded with a giggle. "I've filled myself w

ed. "If you're ready, then I'll t

ur

re, and that they cost a fortune-even for one night. Scarlett almost told the manager that she couldn't afford it, but then she changed her mind. She was going to pa

r opened to a breathtaking view of expensive furniture and, beyond that, a dreamy panorama of New York

anager informed her. "Please enjoy it, a

thank you enough,"

natural. If you need anything else, jus

vin

ood night,

staring at the wide, lavish suite. In the five- or six-hundred-square-meter room, there were two master bedrooms

already waiting for her. Next to it stood another bottle of

of the large mirror and remembered how broken she'd been that morning, staring into a different mirror in a different hotel room. S

off in there. She played some light music and drank her wine with a lazy smile on her face. Her bath lasted more than a

ea that on the upper floor, a man was s

of whisky, when someone knocked and came in. It was non

he doing r

" the man responded. "Right now, I believe s

Was sh

definitely p

tugging at his boss's lips. It looked strange on someone as c

e morning she'd had. Ryke felt an overwhelming need to protect her, and he couldn't explain why. There was just something about little Scarlett Devins

alright?" he mumb

s thoughts. He saw himself the night before, his hands roaming all over her sexy little body. A shiver ran through him, an

y. Ryke had to repay her somehow, even if she didn't want him to. And mayb