eft the apartme

t now reeked of desperation. Half-eaten food containers littered the table, and his phon

ilt on charm, image, and

le. Now he couldn't look in a mirror without seeing

rom the board, but he knew. The s

worse-was Ev

beg for him to come back, if only to h

dn't done

of a surgeon-no blood, no screaming. Just a cle

s she returned, frustration

bag onto the couch. "I've been calling you all morning. Do you

he glass of whiskey in his h

froze. "E

up. "Why are you st

n't loud, but it

. "Because

u chose a man who's lost ever

Don't you dare put this

growled. "The same lie I

em stretched, taut wit

ice trembling. "So what now? Yo

at do you want me to do? Apologize? Fix it? I can't even step

she said coldly. "You

id. "She de

to something sharp and unfamiliar. "She didn't ruin you,

-

skyline from her penthouse, a qui

nfolding exactly

er kills. And Clarisse? Her once-envied social media presence had turned into a battlefield of scrutiny and scorn. One by one, sponsors

lyn was

only the

that morning-an anonymous tip from someone inside Nathan's company. Financial

sm

s name, his legacy. To watch him fall, not just from grace

e a sin

elyn Whitmore. I have somethi

-

her heels clicking impatiently as she adjusted the collar of her coat. She

was des

it was

e wanted to beg Eve

the executive suite, where Evelyn st

s suffocati

ared her thr

n around. "You sh

altering under the weight of her presence. "Pleas

alm, collected, eyes

getting

d. "What more do

ile that wasn't a smile. "Nothing. Yo

e's fac

ng between ribs. "He took ten years of my life. My youth. My faith. My

ce cracked. "Y

"And I won't stop until he finally understands what

king her. "He's already broken, Evelyn. He hasn't sl

said flatly. "L

-

oke to the sound of

, barely registering the flashing red and

Whitmore?" a

, heart ra

ement, and falsifying corporate records

ound of handcuffs clicking around

Evelyn watched the footage

idn't

dn't f

red two words i

mate,