Chapter 17

cold and unsettling

"Why are you in such a hurry to find Braden? Sarah asked, her tone sharp. "What makes you think you can convince him? Are you two so close?"

Thea frowned, realizing Sarah had misunderstood. She was about to explain when her eyes caught a glint of something shiny behind Sarah's back - a kitchen knife. Panic set in, and her mind went blank. "What are you doing? I'm just here to help. There's nothing going on between Braden and me."

But Sarah wasn't listening. Her expression twisted into something vicious.

She snapped, "You bitch. This is all your fault. You seduced Braden to steal company secrets, and now we're ruined! If it weren't for that kind person telling me about your affair, I wouldn't have known. You're going to pay for this." Before Thea could react, Sarah lunged at her, yanking her hair and slamming her to the ground.

Pain radiated from Thea's scalp through her whole body as she tried to push Sarah off. But Sarah, surprisingly strong, sat on top of her, pinning her down

There was a manic gleam in Sarah's eyes, but she didn't use the knife. Instead, she started tearing at Thea's clothes, muttering. "That kind person told me the best way to ruin you is to take nude photos of you and post them online. Everyone will hate you!" Thea screamed, trying to explain, but Sarah didn't care.

In the chaos, Thea found her phone. She pressed the power button three times a shortcut to her emergency contact. That contact was still set to Jake, and she hadn't had a chance to change it. Across town, Jake's phone rang, but a delicate hand reached overland ended the call.

A slightly tipsy Jake glanced over. "Was that Thea?"

Madelyn deleted the call log with a blank expression. "No, just a spam call."

Back at the apartment, Sarah pulled out her phone, ready to take pictures. Thea closed her eyes in despair, feeling helpless.

Suddenly, the door burst open with a loud crash, sunlight flooding the room.

Nicolas strode in, swiftly kicking Sarah off Thea and tossing his jacket over her trembling frame.

Terrified, Thea came to her senses and huddled to the side wrapped in the jacket. Her pale face was filled with fear and

anger.

glanced at her. His cold eyes were fixed on Sarah, who cowered on

and the future lady of the Hendrix family. Who

Group, so Sarah fully understood the power behind the Rowland

color, but she still tried to argue. "So what if she's from a rich family? She's the one who shamelessly seduced my

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Chapter 17

cutting

kicked it toward Thea, who

his long

her strength, she grabbed a nearby stool and smashed the phone repeatedly, pouring all her anger and fear into

bodyguards entered the room. Sarah was

Nicolas. "Mr. Hendrix,

looked at

Nicolas's gaze turned dicy as

nervously as she met his eyes, Nicolas's

was laced with disdain as he sneered, Thea, is this the determination you wanted to show me? With such a lack of composure and awareness, how did you ever think

sting of his words but from her anger at herself for losing her ability to think

have happened if Nicolas

speak, but the world around her started to blur. The room spun, and she fell into a warm

Thea drifted in and out of consciousness, her dreams became unsettlingly vivid. Each dream

tightly, feeling the warmth of his palm and

real.

real.

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