hour later. He wa

use his iPad had been confiscated by Sterling as "col

on the wall. He saw Sterl

y card was declined at the gas station

n destroyed the Santos painting, sir. The account

"Twelve million?" H

She let him do it! She wanted

ooked a

, Hayes. I told him it was valuable. Feli

ck at Felicity.

rth millions!" Felicity

with both hands. He

e... work somethin

id. "The Santos family will be insu

hey carried the ruined paint

to Felicity. He put

ty a ring today," Hayes m

ffed. "You c

fee right now, Felicity. Sterling locked

away from him.

t poor. Just... liq

aw Eliana walking

Hayes ca

opped.

The allowance I gave you over the year

e looked at him w

o borrow mo

Not borrow. Just... handle the household expenses for a while. And maybe..

city was breathtaking. It was

o pay for his mistre

liana said smoothly.

?" Hayes

as," she said. "It'

nd walked up

door. She went to her closet and

et tube, was the real

a gift from the Matriarch to the Vargas family, a formal dowry item. But Eliana knew the truth. Her brother, Elnar, had manipulated the dowry list before he was exiled. He had ensured this specif

hone

t from an un

Attendance is mandatory.

ne on the bed. Her han

antos

on. And if the Matriarch was calling he

packed suitcases h

, the Santos guards would come for her. She had to go, show her