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.

cold eyes were fixed on Sarah,

of the Hendrix family. Who gave you

worked in upper management at Compton Group, so Sarah fully understood the

what if she's from a rich family? She's the one who

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came down on her hand, cutting off her words with a sharp

kicked it toward

phone," he said c**ly, his long lashes barely hiding

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

quick gesture from Nicolas, his waiting bodyguards entered the

toward Nicolas.

looked at

gaze turned dicy as

as she met his eyes, Nicolas's lips tightened, his brow furrowed with

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

sting of his words but

didn't dare imagine what might have happened if

around her started to blur. The

dreams became unsettlingly vivid.

warmth of his palm and the slight roughness of his

real.

real.

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