ze

looked like the broken wings of a butterfly, mockin

a woman who was my employee, how dare s

aze, your little kitten has claws. Turning d

id mahogany shuddered with a dull thud

ng at me. This was a loss of control. Th

t product. Quiet, obedient, efficient. She

p a check. She had torn up the un

ew email from Ms. Rogers. She has... formally resign

nd. The email was cool and profes

y. So what was it abou

g my suit jacket. "

d. "Sir, you'

ress!" I

was the first time I had ever been here in fi

in-a right stipulated in her cont

e sight of packed boxes. The apartment fel

e turned at the sound of the door, and when she saw me,

he door behind me, trapping

, Eloise?" I cornered her,

s five million not enough? Or are you upset about

r gaze as cold as if I were a complete strange

e fire inside me raged. "Over?

e do you want? For me to continue being your mistress after you mar

r a fleeting moment, considered it.

st flicker of light in he

a gap between us. "Blaze, I w

What gives you the right to say no? You signed the contract

ing out the secret I had

Your eyes, your hair... yo

Blaze's ex

d from her face, leaving it a stark, ghostly white. She sta

gaze. But instead of the satisfaction of rev

e, so long I thought she woul

one of th

me a smile I had never seen before. It w

softly. "Thank you for tell

door, and disappeared into the

t, the echo of her final words and tha