ely killed the noise of the Manhattan streets. Insi

hrew them hard against the empty leather seat ne

of her right hand burned with a hot, stinging pain from the impact of the slaps. She rubbed her thu

irror. He didn't say a word. He just reached out and si

igerated compartment between the seats, and pulled out a glass bottle of sparkling water. She twisted the cap off

tting her stomach and finally putting out th

of water from her bottom lip. She reach

notifications from every major gossip site and

ert. The New York Pos

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the exact moment her hand connected with Skyler's face. Below it, a zoomed-in shot of Kalen

the comments. It

nd. Jealousy ma

ed a bullet.

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d was entirely devoid of humor. She tossed th

he empty car. "You are a co

wheel. "Boss," his deep voice broke the silence. "The PR department

sharp. She sat up straight. "Let them post it. Let it run w

adrest. Her brain shifted gears, moving away from the emot

nt," she said, her voice dropping to a dange

l stated quietly. "Board member Thaddeus Th

fox held the critical ten percent swing vote. Whoever got his s

make her look emotionally unstable and reckless right before the most i

aptop from her work bag. She flipped it open. The

Thorne's heavily encrypted dossier. She scanned his flight it

ent and typed a rapid-fire mess

addeus Thorne at my table. Move the Sterling executives to the outer

closed the laptop

ow breath, visualizing a heavy iron door slamming shut in her mind. She locked all

d later, there was nothing left

Long Island Expressway, acce

y gave way to wide, open coastal roads. The s

mage of Kalen standing in the conference room flashed in her mind. Hi

sted in the center of her

pain to kill the memory. She forced the image out of her head. She would

stline, the Maybach slowed down. It turned onto a private, t

ong driveway lined with ancient French plane trees. It finally came

ine and stepped out. H

the car. Her heels hit the cobblestone driveway. She looked up at the