avenpo

lizing the team doctor had sent me back to my old, abandoned bedroo

ack in college flashed in my head, only to be shattered by his cold w

glass of water, two painkillers, and an unsigned busines

clicked loudly from the outs

lver-headed cane, followed closely by Eleanor, b

d fixed his hawk-like eyes on me without

ou're awake. We have a b

back at h

the first train back to my university lab tomo

augh and tossed a thick leg

't going anywhere, m

Prenuptial Asset Agreement and Public Rela

inst the hardwood floor, his voice carry

d a marriage alliance. To calm the media

world, and I swept my arm across the b

ed me on national television and is comple

ep forward, his tall sha

all from me to the university board, and you can kis

er arms and sneer

need the Ochoa family's buyout money, do you really thi

h rage as I pointed tow

ther die than sign t

and threw several photos onto the bed, showing my best frie

you want to drag your best fr

all the fight drain out of my body, an invisible

out to ruin her, I had fought back and killed the main thug in se

innocent girl just to secure his company's stock pric

ng in my chest, my fingers gripping the edge

I put on a numb, defeated f

l do what

r flashed a smug smile, bending down to pick

e so hard the metal tip of the p

r and dropped a cold wa

next few days and don't

in, the bedroom fell into dead silence, and my lips curled

paper could lock me up like the

the closet, and pulled my black canvas bag

ffed my passport, my emergency cash, and

back gate, calculating the exact blind spot during their 3:00 a.m. shift

t compartment, I lay down on the be