Reborn Rich, My Vengeance Rises

; the rest of the thirty-fourth floor of Vance Innovations was suffocatingly warm, humming with the invisible, frantic ene

had played the role of the decorative, silent wife. It was a role she had chosen, a necessary camouflage. After the explosion in Mali five years ago that had nearly broken her body

one charger. A trivial, stup

metal. She was about to pu

la

. This sound was low, throaty, and feminine. It was a sound that vibrated through the heavy wood and se

ho had helped her pick out her wedding dress three years ago. The w

e herself. The time for politeness had eva

chanism clicked-a sharp, mechanica

a cliché. A cheap, tawdry scene from a movie she

ttoned at the collar. Susanna was straddling him, her skirt hiked up high o

e stopper made a so

irt down, her fingers brushing against the fabric with a casualness that made Sera

he was a waitress who had b

sted his tie, his movements jerk

e room. He wasn't scrambling for an excus

ating and was simply vibrating against her ribs. She looked at Susanna. Susanna's lipstick was smeared-a

d. Her voice surprised her. It w

a second, but Seraphina saw it. It was the look of someone who

h fake concern. "This looks bad, I know. But

room. The carpet was thick, swallowing the sound of

furniture between them like a shield. He felt safer there. Powerful. "Do

As if she were a dog he could

canvas bag, one she'd had since before she was a Va

ying it for days, debating, hesitating. It contained the

It landed with a light sla

for divorc

owed was heavy, press

m his throat-that short, barking sound. "You? Leave me? With what

h him. The visual was clear: them against her. "Oh, sweetie," Susanna cooed, her

es with her husband. "Irreconcilable

through the single page with a sneer. "

e clasped in front of her to hide the fact that he

et a dime anyway. I have ironclad pre-nups. You walk out t

e sight of them-Ethan arrogant and Susanna looking like t

rning darker. "You don't just walk away f

going anywhere until we discuss how y

hand clamped onto her

stinct flared, but she suppressed the urge to st

r advantage, twisting away frantically. She stomped hard o

!" she

his foot, and his grip loosened. Seraphina stu

had never seen her fight back, not even c

t where his fingers had left red marks. Her heart

in cour

ators. She didn't run. She walked wit

Click

e pressed the button. The doors

t the breath she had been holding. Her legs gave out. She slumped against the metal wall of the elevator,

. The part of her that could