, her phone-all gone. The walk-in closet, once filled with designer go

ds of laughter from the party downstairs see

t the window, watching the celebration in the garden. She had lost Eleanor's f

ot no

cret known only to her

e, but it was als

en her a new one. Where was it? In the chaos of getting into his car, she remembered a

mud-stained dress was in a heap on

the lining. They brushed against so

ph

opened. Kayla walked in, carrying a g

ack, her body shielding it from view. She straig

ayla said, placing the glass on the table. Her eyes, however, wer

tling into a chair. "But really, you shouldn't have

espond. She ju

ling me he's never met a girl as kind and sweet as me. He said that

felt nothing. Kayla was here to gloat. And to

n you'd better hurry. The Sterling family values reputa

from high society was her greatest ins

to the window. "Just a remind

oice rising. "Don't you get cocky, Chloe Carlisle!

thout turning around. "If you are,

loe's impenetrable calm, she had no ammunition. She

he footsteps faded,

the power button. The screen lit up

ere was only one entry. No

ould she? Contact him as what? The woman he

ach him as a supplicant. A man like Julian only respo

ates of the Carlisle family. This wouldn't be a p

ssaging app, and began to type. She c

wrote a sin

in a project within the Carlisle Group. It might

throat. She stared at the blank screen,

te. Five

th

. She had been a fool. A man like Julian woul

ly on Julian, she would have to rely on herself. She would use Chase's lin

o give up hope, the pho

t up. A new me

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