ond before a knowing s

for eight years, and everyone knows the great Miss Lawson won't m

wer lip as if consumed by guilt. "Miss Lawson, I know you

look at Ryland an

... Miss Lawson, we never meant to hurt

mach churned

up drama. She played the weak, harmless victim flawlessly, using her fei

lie had actually believed she was the one who drove

s sent abroad, Coralie had continuo

nds overseas, got pregnant, and had a miscarriag

ed like a fragile treasure, pamperi

the act, Cara. If you don't find yo

e drained

m. "Coralie, if you're pissed off, take

e. "I couldn't be happier that you two are together. After all, on

ervants standing nearby coul

burned with

had always been meek and submissive around h

laying ha

e. After all, how could a woman who was so

solute certainty. "You talk a big game. If you're real

stinctively went

around her neck on her twentieth birthday.

gave her an allergic reaction, she h

no

e necklace in one cl

o actually take it off. The

enly opened her hand. The necklace dropped

as caught awkwardly leaning forward, and her l

her heel and walked bac

h such blatant disrespect? He gritted

stop rig

urly bodyguards stepped into his path. Richar

lcome at the Lawson Estate," Rich

oward the exit. Cara was snatched up by another guard, and moments later,

he pavement, Ryland felt l

en humiliated by Corali

e swallowed her rage, clinging to Ry

ngs because she's just too upset?" she murmured. "Maybe she just wanted t

his bruised ego, instantly

im like a lapdog for eight years. H

if she is? You're the one I love. But... if she comes crawling back to beg

embrace, but a dark, calculat