Rising from the Ashes The Heiress They Tried to Erase

Chapter 692:

She put on that familiar pitiful and aggrieved look. “Vince, I—”

His voice cracked like a whip before she could weave her spell. “Get lost!”

Ice crystallized in Vince’s stare as he wrenched his arm free from her desperate grasp. “How dare you show your face to me? Everything that’s destroyed between Maia and me, every shattered piece, that’s your masterpiece! You’re nothing but a thief, a liar, absolutely revolting! Disappear from my life, and if you ever poison my life again, I will give you a lesson you can never forget!”

His shove sent her tumbling backward, her knees striking the cold concrete with a sickening crack.

“Vince, please don’t walk away from me. Can’t you see past this anger? I know I’ve failed you, failed us both. But I can transform myself, become everything you need. Please, don’t cast me aside like I’m nothing!”

Rosanna dragged herself across the unforgiving ground toward him, her pride dissolving into desperate, clawing need.

his pants, Vince’s voice sliced through

your filthy hands away

retreating figure carved from stone, offering no backward glance at the woman crumpled

the empty space where he had been, her fingers grasping at nothing but bitter air

to this man who was slipping through her fingers like

gone, forever leaving

seized

makes every story

upon her with such tender devotion now wore only cold indifference and

a blade finding its mark, carving deep into her chest and twisting mercilessly through the

lips drained of color, knuckles blanching white where her

her cheeks in steady streams, turning the world into a