turned storm

vent anything terrible from happening. What he hadn't expected

entitled, but this level

! You went to that dinner on your own. You chose to drink! You were just upset my brother wouldn't

you're so innocent, let's get the cops

the room wa

fened, clea

got, Katherine was still Julian's wife, and if this scandal

oked to Julian, hopin

ed icy. "Go get your face loo

oise might be in the wrong, but she'd been sla

r than any blow. Her heart sank a

had done this to her, Julian still wouldn't defend her.

for a beat until Ivy

didn't teach my daughter right. If you're upset, b

She was numb to this

tead, he looked straight at Katherine.

d told him to bring Katherine up. H

d. "We're getting divorced. What's

alized. Whether you really mean it or not, you're stil

nervous nudge, trying

ulian even more annoyed. "Don't test my pa

said nothing. She simply w

at it felt like when l

hen, even a single word from him could brighten her entire day. But now? She

the stairs

casting a shadow over hers, just like their

making it hard for her to breathe. She instinct

ways, his memory still fresh with how

s. From the start, she'd played

woman he despised-someone who knew how to charm her way into po

im into marriage? That had sealed it for h

floor, Julian suddenly reac

m caught Katherine of

said in a flat tone. "Don

ayed q

efore-awkward and unconvincing-but it al

ep breath and tried

le word about what happened with Lewis Group's

said made he

e held on tight. In a burst of frustra

sting faded fast, but th

your dad and spill everything. It was just one n

t, Julian w