from Verity's face, her featu

's retreating figure, chest

e it here

was about to be shipped off to a mental h

d been handpicke

there's no way

d her voice slightly. "Lilah,

tle-it's best for e

ncerned, but there was a smug

kept walking toward the villa, not giv

y used to get under her s

dn't care to hear the same

ye, something caught her attention

dow in the living room, a small figu

de

e stood there silently, staring at his mo

e was a quiet gloom about him. He looked like

his, Aiden flinched an

ss and worry passe

's divorce, Verity used the same dirt

consent, the bullying continued in the shadows. In the end, Aiden

back again, like somethin

let that happen ag

round, eyes locked s

ice cracked through

ne, each step echoing with quiet

dy saw how low you're willing t

getting a seco

yed cold as she

man. Tha

as she forced a look of confusion. "Lilah, wh

een stable. He only asked me to take c

u're actually his wife. Do you really t

ctly where to

rude, but they cut

ned as she clenched her fists so

she pretended to be, there

y, and she still couldn't repla

se that bitch g

t accept th

boiled over, a housekeeper came over

... divorce agreement," the housekeeper said, vo

e cover, reflecting

wn the storm in her chest, but the bitterness still slipped through her words. "Lilah, do you really have to mak

traight at Ver

use of Aiden just moments ago

eady hands and took the

Verity's eyes. This luna

e next

ip

g paper split the a

ddle, her movements sharp and decisive. Bits

ze on her lips, disbelief

on didn't flicker. If anything, she loo

chin slightly.

thout another glance and wa

lickered through a whole co

.

a

. All the strength drained out o

er like a wave,

l hospital, ja

uldn't be cold

iage harder than runn

bed, about ready to com

ing through the contacts, just in case the original her had

d burnt every bridge. People weren't just

savings, and anyone she vaguely recog

gh her bank cards, hoping for some per

straight shot

a credit card with a pitiful limit, she had nothing to her name. That ridic

tire life to Gabriel like some h

ck and watch hersel

it

when it

el was, all he did was kick

ed put, Verity woul

as still a chance t

an to bet everything

ackup plan. So

asn't nearly as cutthroat a

-but money? Tha

opened her laptop, typing in the l

lashed by, and with each

hes Hart Group's brand... mark

rled into a gri

r empire in her las

way back in-with

und the Hart Group's officia

her battlefield.