ow much you hate her. You really don't know? She was fooling around with that old

ch reaction. "Stay ou

on you, Julian!

at the bed, watching

her mouth shu

t she still muttered, barely audible, "I seriously don't get why you kept her around this long. If I were Louisa, I'd be f

"Let my driver take you home. I've

ch a bad mood lately. Since Katherine's gone, why not

lying. He simply gave he

d and turned

door, she heard his v

holding a contract folder wit

t of him. She whispered, "Cayson, you know I matter more than som

ite, unreadable way of hi

straight to the point.

ioned that the hotel footage had already been erased-nothing

aled nothing. He d

..

official process still had a few weeks to g

andle her brother's medical expenses. Now that she had some breathing room

thoughts. But a man like him-smooth and attention-grabbing-w

shot of him in another city. He'd rented

exactly who t

e been forced into an unwanted marriage, but he

ter smile. She kept reminding herself that one d

peace did

from the Nash estate,

n. This felt strange. She hesitated,

ur mother came by today, had an argument with th

n a hurry, the first per

seemed to fill every inch. When his eyes fell on her, t

was nowhere to be seen. She had n

my mom?"

other. Back then, she would've looked at him with

ring her cold tone, he was just as annoyed. He did

. "Your mother's awake and resting in

ite smile. "Thanks," s

e stairs toward Julian. "Julian, Dad's

scoffed. "That family's such a drain. I bet her fainting act w

u can't keep your mouth sh

huffed.

irk forming as she followed