urb outside Clara's crumbling apartment building. Pedestrians stopped an

ewalk, shivering violentl

hat plunged dangerously low in the front and left her entire back exposed

iliation and pulled t

. He swirled a glass of amber whiskey in his hand. His eyes dragg

essing herself as far into the opposite corner as possible,

ss the leather seat, his hand

abbed her left hand. With brutal force

oked down. It wasn't a diamond. It was a cheap, ugly pla

she asked, her

ur punishment. Tonight, every billionaire in New York wil

state in Long Island. It was Gwendolyn Vasquez's

pped at the

ster vanished, replaced by the charming, elite lawyer. He reached in, g

parazzi recognized the disgraced actress immed

t the same time, his fingers dug brutally

e turning pale, and forced her lips into a stif

d ballroom. It was drippi

to quiet. Hundreds of eyes turned to look at them

pagne, surrounded by socialites. She pointed at Chr

ing her disgusted him. Without a word, he walked away,

g completely alone on the

m her, creating a ten-foot circle of e

ar. Delphine giggled and shot a triumphant, mocking look directl

d sudden

alty in a custom haute couture gown. She stopped r

onto the plastic ring an

tire room could hear. "That dress is so... fitting

upted into c

he has to show off! Auditioning in hot

her mouth. She wanted to scream, to throw a glass at them, but she thought

wendolyn dea

tricks to force a man to look at me," Christal said quie

from her cheeks, followed instantly by a flush of murder

ilted her c

rew the entire glass of dark red

d soaked into the red fabric, dripping down her exposed cle

eyes burning with hate. She turned around and

ng her. He didn't move to help. Instead, he raise

er here to b

er eyes. She covered her stained chest with her arms, lowered

iver violently. She pushed into a bathroom stall, locked the door,

for thirty minutes,

rchestra outside stopped. It was rep

the bathroom f

The entire estate was plunged in