as she pushed herself up from the floor. Every time she

f her shivering body. She turned the shower handle to warm. The water hi

high-necked silk pajama set. She buttoned

bedroom door and stepped into the hallway t

screen flickered, displaying the live security feed from the private underground lobby. The au

peaker. "Did you see her face when she fell in?"

let that commoner take a sing

d. "Are there loopholes? She might tr

t is already handled. I had the lawyers move the majority of El

ee's fingernails dug

t," Eleonora continued, "we will leave Aubree wi

t just Eli being blind. This was a coo

pened. Eleonora and Camilla steppe

She walked down the opposite side of the hallway

ne on speaker. He was talking to Cornel

" Cornelius's stern voice barked through

hard. "She is a gold digger who will do anythi

e years," Cornelius warned.

r obedience is just an act. She is just

his meals, ironing his shirts, and giving him pieces

hed. Her chest caved in

of a console table. A he

ood. Aubree shot her hands out and grabbed t

snapped toward the door. "W

ed breathing. She pressed her back flat against the wall, sliding silently into the d

phone, his thumb flying across the screen. "Leland," Eli's cold voice echoed. "Check

es shut, her heart ham

out a frustrated breath, glaring at the empty space one last

bedroom like a ghost. She

. She slid the massive, multi-million dollar diamond wedding ring off her f