Chapter 87 Episode 87

Finally, after what felt like an eternity, Elijah spoke.

His voice was low, steady, and laced with steel.

“She wouldn’t dare.” After a whirlwind of drinks that teetered between revelry and chaos, Elizabeth abruptly tossed the incomplete playing cards across the table as if they had insulted her and leaped to her feet.

“This is an utter disaster!” she exclaimed, her voice tinged with panic.

“My brother knows I’m back! He’s coming to haul me out of here! I’ve got to escape! Sandra, stay put—I’ll arrange a car to fetch you.”

Before Sandra could unravel her jumbled thoughts to reply, Elizabeth had grabbed her bag from the table and vanished like a shadow in the night.

Sandra, left in a haze of dizziness and unease, sank deeper into her chair.

spun like a runaway carousel, and her stomach churned with

a room filled with unfamiliar men, the irritation she had

by her isolation, one of the young

bargain-basement version of Elijah, all

close, he murmured in her ear, “Miss, I could give you a

against her

the alcohol had drained her strength, leaving her rooted in her seat, trapped in

for encouragement, the young man

his fingers brushing against the fabric of

mainly to older women and clients

woman like Sandra was a

a connection with her, perhaps it would lead to

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