e white bed, the pain in her

his face etched

, you lost some blood, the d

utated higher, much higher than the

soft, full of false sorrow, "it spread, they

e knew, ensure perman

amily, tears welling in his

es... a tragic series of misfortunes, they're ruined, Sarah

, his touch maki

pected businessmen, their l

leave her with noth

tood in Ethan's off

r family's businesses... is this ne

m the window, his ey

now, she needs to understand that I control everything, h

imply nodded, "

be a broken doll, de

t of his betrayal pressing

her world shrunk to the opulent

e confidante, stayed by her side, her ey

arah," Maria would whi

d fire in her eyes, the Lexington

le then, growing with each new betrayal, each piece of eviden

ffshore accounts, ti

iver of light under Ethan's private study

r, Maria helping her navi

wasn't

go, so late

te paneling of the grand library, a room Ethan had "renov

leading to a pr

se in her throat, "Renovated

new, sleek, sil

nding, up to a floor she never

rated space, filled with Ethan's pers

of Chloe, Chloe laughing, Chloe

Ethan'

go, to paint her, just once, he'd alwa

here, in this shri

to hide his affair, it was a monument to it, b

's voice, Chloe's laughter

closer, Maria a sile

d, "our Jett, he looks just like yo

an said, his voice full of a tenderness Sarah hadn't

all been neutralized, their businesses are

were enemies in a war,

s she still playing the trag

a cruel satisfaction in his tone, "confined

e within her, but Maria's hand on her sh

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