hief fluttered to

skin. He could feel the eyes of every major investor, every rival

rist and drag her out the side door. "Stop making a s

er stilettos, twisting her body to avoid his grasp. "Don't to

king foolish. Before he could recover,

a small, squa

directly at Devyn's chest. The box hit him with a solid thu

arat diamond ring rolled o

ainst the stone was deafening in the s

e crowd. She took a deep breath, filling her lungs,

ck family and the Langley family is her

c clicking of camera shutters filled the air. The pre

pening and closing like a dying fish. He could not

dare

her way to the front. She was wearing a heavy emerald-green gown, her face flushed dark r

ng finger in her face. "You ungrateful, classless little

back down an inch. "Ask your son why h

s bulge. She decided to use the o

ankrupt twenty-five years ago! You are a charity case! A beggar! If my family hadn't taken pity o

crowd chuckled nervously, trying to align th

his tie. "Apologize right now, Jeannette. Get on your knees and pi

d Devyn, a smug, victoriou

eached for the gun holstered under his jacket. Kian's jaw was locked so tight a muscle ticked violently in

n't cry. She

dark laugh esc

personal space. The sheer force of Jeann

ts. Your family circled us like sharks the moment you smelled blood in the water. You capitalized on

me. Blinded by rage, she raised her hand, aim

caught Cynthia's wrist mid-air. Her fingers dug into the older

ntly shoved Cyn

, her voice dropping to a terrifying calm. She pulled her pho

screen-the trigger for the hacking software con

n dead in the e

presse