y's

g on my lips. "I've always got a plan, Lia. Don't you worr

sting him? Nicholas just dropped fifty million just to paint you a

e both burst into a fit of lau

ual work to do, unlike some people who are busy becoming famous so

said, my voice full

e replied jokin

at the blank screen

d slowly, methodically cut her out. He couldn't stand that Lia saw right through him, so

e memory fading. "P

had always, always been right. And th

were all in the dining room, al

y stepmother

ll. I knew without asking that it was my little brother, the 17-year-old golden

d. She quickly ended the call, her smile turn

far end of the long table. A maid, her hands trem

?" My father's voice was sharp, his eyes glaring at me

satisfied smirk between Josefina and Erina. They l

ife and began spreading jam on a piece of

ng the table was loud enough

y would hav

my head and met his furiou

. I stood up, my chair scraping quietly against the flo

Mr. Sullivan, please have the staff move Erina's and Jo

fork dropping w

nued, "the entire seco

raping back violently. "Abigail! What i

again angrily. "You can't

s gaze with a c

eed says Abigail Sinclair. If you do

nged by my mother before she passed away. When I was eight, I officially inherited everything that

white line. He looked utterly stunned

o

could already hear the commotion starting below-Josefina's shri

edroom door, and dialed t

ndpa

gruff, powerful, and not a

at the hell is happening? I'm reading this damned news, and it sa

ysterious man's name?" I as

im 'the rival,'" he growled.