Quintessa: "Obviously."

A silence fell between them once again.

Quintessa stole a glance at Tyrone. When he was quiet and composed, he really appeared stunningly aloof and profoundly inaccessible.

Tyrone was a man of many facets, each appearing as real as it was illusory.

He'd shown remarkable patience for her sake, and yet, Quintessa couldn't help but wonder-was this affection, or was it all just a means to an end? After experiencing and being schemed against so much, one can't help but instinctively think the worst of everything and everyone.

It was a sad state of affairs, to always expect the worst.

"Do you believe her arrival was just coincidence?" Quintessa asked.

Tyrone: "Hmph."

it be

he'd been so fixated on her

were, ironically, easier for Tyrone to predict, likely having made moves to investigate after speaking with Quintessa on the phone that morning. Having discovered Quintessa was at his private apartment,

it came to schemes, the two women were evenly matched, but in shamelessness, Rachel could not

in silence until Tyrone dropped Quintessa off at Harmony Retreat. Manny's car was already waiting downstairs,

with your place? Why the

pointed at Tyrone. "Ask

the sight of Tyrone, Manny

are my

her a frosty look and strode into the

Quintessa told Manny, and followed

ignoring Quintessa as they ascended. The elevator halted on the fifteenth floor; he

door to apartment

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