The door to the CEO's office burst open, slamming against the wall. A tall man strode in without hesitation, heading straight for the woman seated at the desk.
Xenia Cooper looked up at the sound, barely registering what was happening before a large hand clamped around her slender throat.
Her breath caught, pain radiating up her neck.
"Xenia, I told you to stay away from her! Why can't you just listen?"
For a moment, Xenia stared in shock at the man whose anger had broken loose. Even though it felt like he might snap her neck, she managed to curl her lips into a smile.
It was a twisted, unhealthy kind of smile.
Footsteps echoed outside. In the next instant, arms wrapped tightly around Stewart's waist from behind.
"Let go of my mom, Stewart!"
Vernon latched onto Stewart, putting every ounce of his small strength into protecting Xenia.
Stewart's reason kicked back in, and he released his grip.
lose control
at her neck and
forward, wanting to check if she was alright,
you be in class right
outstretched hand falling awkwardly to his
her son to continue arguing with Stewart. She fixed
at his sides. He stared at her, lips pale and pressed
packed wall-to-wall with classes. Childhood, for him,
attended kindergarten. Since he was three, his whole life had
Cooper's only expectation for him was to grow
left without
back to his private tutor, and Amy quietly closed the
fell into
lightly tracing the red marks on her throat. She fixed her eyes on Stewart, showing
her, he could do
two children. He wouldn't risk
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