a happy smile. It was the smile of a predator that had j

had expected tears, anger, pleading. They had a script prepare

d, my voice e

re disruptive than any

?" Sarah stammered, her composu

orce," I said, leaning back against the marble countertop of th

rying to understand the new dynamic. He was the one who was suppos

ed, stepping forward. "You

he looked away first. "She said she's in love with you. She said she can't liv

d on my apparent weakness. Her expression shifte

voice rising. "You just threw money at me! You thought buying

egative twenty-million-dollar soul, understood her checkbook. But I

and through my hair and looked at the

y. I thought giving you the world was enough." I looked up, my eyes glassy with unshed tears I had summoned from the mem

melted away, replaced by a look of pity and smug satisfaction. She had won. She

David's arm. "I'm glad you're fin

nt smile touch his lips. He thought he had just secured his eight-million-do

, I wasn't surrendering. I was accelerating their journey to the guillotine. I was handing th