it was a custom masterpiece Hugh had commissioned from an elite

designer every other day to oversee everything from the silhouet

at would spark envy in everyone who saw it-yet here wa

put it on. I'm so sorry, Hugh," Rosalie stammered with a faux-apologe

ever moved past the humiliation of being rejected

nd being with her fiance-she intended to destroy Kaitlin's life altog

ur way out of Pioneer Group, so stop clinging to the past. If you're going to come

anked her forward until she was force

n he remembered. Though she was wearing flats t

brought her heel down and ground it

ng his lips as his temper spiked. "Kaitlin!

ealized that once the rose-tinted glasses were gone,

gy, but only after I've

sted a pair of heavy fabric sci

back toward the couple, a chillin

rove the blades through the silk, slicing t

on dollar masterpiece was reduced to no

one of the heartbreak of the past-only the col

ars finally broke the stunned silen

her face losing all color as she threw herself int

d in front of Rosalie to shield her from the

n the ones to hand over the scissors, and they were already panicking a

he force of the shove and sh

ith the floor, but instead felt a firm, warm ha

remarked, his tone laced with dark amusement. "Honestly, Kaitlin, I had no

had once been strictly professional, their new personal alliance mea

shes fluttering as she breat

thing straight. Rosalie is the love of my life. Kaitlin is just a manipulative gold-digger who plays gam

ts a thousand times, the cruelty o

er. "I'm sorry for the mess I made. But truly, you two are a perfect match-a man with zero discernme

a headline about a Miss Douglas being publicly rejected and left in tears. My memory must be failing