The music from the ballroom sounded like underwater noise. She pus

ain lashed against the marble steps, driven by a howling wind. The dri

lently in her thin black dress. She wrapped

ar of a V8 engine echoed f

ires screeching on the wet pavement. It skid

ssenger windo

night. Sitting next to him, laughing and holding a bottle of champagn

d. The betrayal was so sudden, s

ele with absolute boredom. "I'm going to the ci

awed its way up Gisele's thr

ly soaking her hair and dress. She grabbed the edge of t

engine and the rain. "My mother! They're going to kick her

crossing his face. "Jesus, Gisele. You are a broken rec

nsole. He pulled out a thick

them to her.

s of Benjamin Franklins fluttered into the air, instantly caught by

a cab," Chan

king up a spray of dirty water that splashed across Gi

plastered her dress to her skin. She looked down at the hund

end down to

but she wouldn't scrap

is

s standing under the awning, holding a large blac

tler said coldly. "If you are unable to leave due to the weather, I have

spitality. He was put

round the side of the massive house, the

cheap linen. The moment the butler closed the

buried her face in her arms, and let out a raw, agonizing sob. She cried until her throa

e hours, her phone

rom her younger

again. They need the money by 8 AM or they stop

the screen. Her

tripped off the freezing, wet dress and found an oversized, faded cotton nightgown in

he hadn't eaten since yesterday morning. If sh

dark, narrow servant hallways. The ho

ain kitchen. Only a single, dim amber lig

e touch the expensive refrigerators. She opened a

ched the blue flames flicker. She stood there, staring at the

her slipper scuffing against the

her hand slipped, clattering loudl

pun a

ding in the arched d

at the waist, revealing a V of hard, muscular chest

es locked onto her, pi