was swift an

emed thicker, like a storm was looming. His assistant barely made eye contact as she handed

r to ask why. H

expose his affair-she had

felt like a courtroom. The two faces sitting across from him were familiar-Samantha,

eceived some troubling reports regarding your conduct. Speci

walls close in around hi

across the table. "We have receipts, Nathan. Hotels

ened. "That's-those w

pany resources for personal trips with a woman who

r him. Evelyn had thought of everything. She'd been meticulous-calc

nvestigation," Jonathan said, his voice fl

can't-this is a misunderstanding

efore you betrayed her," Samanth

chest as he tried to hold it

vestigation," Jonathan said. "And depending on

. His breath felt shallow.

oated back to him. "If you have any questi

-

something was terribly wrong. She had been so sure that Nathan would handle everything, that they'd be able to step into the life they'

ing him, but h

emptiness of their failed future. The walls felt too close. The air

phone on the c

that once Evelyn was out of the picture, once they were together, ever

ection, his money, his charm. And Evelyn? Evelyn was stil

fists, trying to sup

-

e whispers that had surrounded her in the past-whispers of her grief, her shattered marriage-w

woman to be r

ic. She had made a point of being there, in the public eye, surrounded by influential pe

as playin

er. Her former best friend, Alice, was standing nearby,

her voice a mixture of admiration and dis

of her lips. "Sometimes, you don't hav

ever thought I'd see the day

ade his choices. And now he has

r?" Alice aske

the far corner of the room where Clarisse stood talking to

ietly. "But I'll take care of her, in ti

er gaze and then

ything is in motion now. I

-

ouse now filled with memories of betrayal, but also the

or, her phone buzzed again.

rry. I didn't mean for

he screen for a moment be

your bed. No

before he c

wasn't enough to just take Nathan down-no, she wanted to see him crumble. She wanted to watch as everyt

long shot. But Evelyn's revenge was a slow

k them both. P