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

so fixated on

as she was, but such people were, ironically, easier for Tyrone to predict, likely having made moves to investigate after speaking with Quintessa on the phone that morning. Having

for Rachel, she was outmaneuvered by Quintessa. When it came to schemes, the two women were evenly matched, but in shamelessness,

at Harmony Retreat. Manny's car was already

place? Why the

at Tyrone. "Ask the

sight of

my

a frosty look and strode into

for me," Quintessa told Manny,

halted on the fifteenth floor; he stepped out, and

unlocked the door to apartment 1501. She felt like cursing out

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