Chapter 317

It just didn’t make sense.

Every stitch I made was even and tight, and I had the entire dress tailored to her body so perfectly that even if the strap broke, it would catch on her chest instead of falling off immediately. Unless the zipper at the back also gave way at the same time.

But that couldn’t be. The fabric and zipper were from suppliers I’d worked with since my days at the Ferguson Group. Quality was never a question. After all, I made the dress with my own hands.

Grabbing my coat, I rushed onstage to cover her up, but she slapped me across the face as if possessed! “Did you do this on purpose to humiliate me today?”

Without thinking, I slapped her back. “Dorothy, I’m not foolish enough to ruin my own reputation!”

Dorothy glared at me, lunging again, but Bryant, calm as ever, stepped in from nowhere, pulling her behind him and draping his jacket over her shoulders. What a perfect picture of a knight in shining armor.

approached with two bodyguards, visibly shaking with anger. “Lock her up!”

“Mr. Ferguson, you’re

glance my way, his voice as cold as midwinter

Susan’s command, the

of the iceberg. Lowering my gaze, too tired to resist, I

the other watched from behind. Christine tried to reach me, but

to the underground parking lot and drove me to a mansion in an exclusive neighborhood,

stay here until Mrs. Myers

about to close. Small, dark, enclosed spaces have

bodyguard said, “That’s Mrs. Myers‘ order. We

me into darkness. My first instinct was to find my phone, but I

guard mocked from outside, “Don’t bother. The power’s cut in the storage.” Hopelessness washed over me. Memories flooded back as I sank against the wall,

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