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Chapter 4
Veronica stared down at me crumpled on the floor and burst into rmicous laughter. She jabbed her finger in my face and hissed. [
“Remember how obsessed Simon used to be with you? He crawled into my bed the second crooked a finger. And I? You married him–so what? He still fucked me right under your rood.”
“God, I used to hate that sing look on your face. Now look at you–a slut everyone’s spliting on.”
“Oh, and you think Tan didn’t know you were pregnant when he set you up?” She sneered. “He knew. He knew, Aurora. But did that stop him? Hell no. While you were bleeding out, he was with me at the golf course. I hit the most perfect shot… Your screams? They echoed so beautifully over the trees..
1 froze
Her words struck like lightning
Jan had known about my pregnancy. Destroying te for this vicious woman wasn’t enough–he’d sacrificed our baby too.
Veronica paced in front of me, her face glowing with smug triumph as she watched me fall apart.]
Something in me snapped. 1 lunged forward and grabbed her by the throat
Tut my body was still too weak–1 barely touched her before she shrieked
Tand Help me! Aurora’s gone crazy! Dani
The bedroom door flew open as Jan barst in. He shoyed me roughly to the floor and wrapped his arms around Veronica
“What happened?” he whispered, brushing the air from her face, “Why are you to fighting?
Veronica looked up at an with tears streaming down her face
“I told you.” she sobbed. “I just wanted to help her, I thought maybe, from a professional standpoint, if she could talk about what happened process it.. 3 never expect she tried to choke me, tan
Her voice broke into sobs. Ian purned to me, his eyes ice cold.]
Butl
“shut up!” be barked. “I don’t know what your problem is with Veronica. She came here to help, and you try to kill her? You’re disgusting. You make me ashamed to call you my wife.“]
He scouped Veronica into his arms and stormed out.]
Right before the door closed. Veronica flashed me a victorious side over his shoulder
Tears soaked through my shim as i surveyed the home I’d painstakingly built with lan. I caught my reflection in the martor–a ghost of myself–and burst into hysterical laughter
ten a lie []
Since they were hell bent on destroying me, I wouldn’t go down without a fight.|||
Then I pulled out my phone and dialed the number 1 knew by heat but hadirt called in years
Afterdon stormed out, a slan ©uf zuilt started coreping in ||
Maybe fur’d been too harsh ||
Veronica didn’t seem all that injured–especially not when she immediately started begging to hit up Fifth Avenue for a linated–edition bug]
He hesitated for a second, but thinking of how obedient I’d always been, he relaxed. At the mall, while Veronica was distracted at a boutique, lan pulled out his
Chapter 4
hone and called KurL
“Swing by the house. Check on Aurora. Make sure she’s not being dramatic“]
After hanging up, fans felt completely at ease. Kurt could handle Aurora just fine.||
He spent the entire day with Veronica, shopping like lovesick teenagers. As evening fell. Veronica finally complained she was tired and wanted to head back
Back in the car, Tan finally exhaled and checked his phone. Itis stomach dropped-
1–over a hundred missed calls, all from Kurt.||
s heart sank as he started the car and returned the call. Kurt answered on the first ring, painie evident in his voice,
“Tam—shit, man, it’s bad. She’s gone. Aurora’s gone and that’s not all… the company accounts–all those billions in liquid assets–they’ve vanished too! And someone tipped off the press. They’re all comped outside the company headquarters now!–]]
