te around the device, and immediately

Gabriell

the estate briefly earlier. She gr

he'd never imagined she'd vanish thi

y where she

ulti-million dollar luxury vehicle. A man was beh

ly set the phone down on his desk, face schooled into a mask of cas

ured around by some rich bastard. She never loved me at all,

you're real

lisle Foundation's palatial, heavily guarded private estate in the heart of Manhattan's Upper East Side. Andrew h

ped foot in for four years. She couldn't hold on any longer. Her face was deathly pale, cold sweat beading and dripping down her

g softly. She couldn't understand it. How could two people who'd on

, tender look in his eyes that was once only for her, a look that now belonged to

most heartfelt vows h

been so determined to finaliz

ess across Wall Street and Manhattan. She could never,

own side with her bare hands. She'd refused anesthesi

lisle Foundation, all those years ago. She'd finally made her decision: she wou

ood. It was time to return to where she truly belonged,

onth

, bright and

g a pair of oversized designer sunglasses over her eyes. She stared up at the

here, cutting off all cont

ree. She climbed into the waiting luxury sedan at the curb, and gave the driver a single instructi

the Nunez Gro

Nunez, who was just stepping out of the building. Beside him stood H

n at Hayleigh stabbed straight through Gabriella's chest.

doing back here? But her expression smoothed over instantly, and she shot Gabriella a c

gnored her

multi-million dollar luxury sedan idling behind her. Their eyes locked, and his sharp, pe

"You've got quite the life, Blair. Took a bullet to the side, and you're

t worse than ever, now that he'd said it out loud. "My apologies for not dying and disappointing you,"

oodthirsty by the second. "No wonder you walked away with nothing in the divorce, Gabriell

smirking face, and let out a cold, bitter laugh. "You cheated on your wife whil

erfectly straight, and walked toward the

from behind her, sharp and unyield