hmere overcoat over a high-necked sweater she had bought from a con

ie had already removed her oversized Chanel sunglasses, her makeup

smirk, eyeing Gidget's tightly wrapped collar. "Whe

air opposite her and sat down,

, Dixie. What

apped her freezing fingers around the warm cup, u

gold fountain pen, and scribbled down a number. With a dramatic flic

's check made out for fiv

forward. "Consider it your severance pay. Take it, and release a public statement announ

ed thousan

ay's upcoming heart surgery and post-op immu

ned chalk-white again

ripping with venom. "Ten years together, and the cow

s with his father picking out custom tuxedos for our official engagemen

t nerve. "Your sick little brother is a bottomless money pit, Gidget. The Muellers are a

lites turned their heads, whispering behind the

silence and clicked h

"Don't get greedy, Gidget. With your minor acting credits and

down. The saucer clinked

, fixing Dixie with a gaze so s

y trapping a cheating scumbag with an unplanned p

he money, or I'll make sure Dad throws you and that

ssed her index finger agai

med on Dixie's lips-on

ents, Gidget tore the cashi

in, letting the white scraps flutter down li

ethal whisper, "What he owes me cannot be bought off

rage. "Are you insane? That's your brother's life-savin

patrons gasped,

oking down at her step-sis

't take charity from a dog who

er bag and turne

her half-full teacup and hurled

ly over the café's pristine leather banquette, prompting

e pulled out her phone and fra

her voice breaking into hysterical sobs. "Gidget attacked me at th

the atmosphere inside the executive boardroom of t

ch, our team hit a roadblock with the street cameras. The woman left wearing your private ca

air. The faint dark circles under his striking blue-gray

tal in New York," Ezequiel commanded, his voice devoid of warm

nd word to our medical networks. The moment a young woman matching he