Chapter 5 My little angel

Jane

“You’re lying!” The sales woman immediately argues. “Elise Carrington is one of the wealthiest women in the world. She would never set a foot outside in such drab clothes.”

Glancing down at my jeans and fitted black top, I press my hand to my cheek in faux shock, “How strange!” | exclaim,”I.. was sure I’d worn my ball gown today. I always try to be as uncomfortable as possible when I fly.”

The women’s faces scrunch up in confusion. Clearly they don’t understand sarcasm. “I was traveling today.” | drawl derisively, “I’m rich, not crazy.”

“What you are, is a liar!” The indignant she-wolf accuses, turning towards her colleague with the phone. “Call security right now.”

“As I said, I know what my perfumes smell like, and this is a fake – as is the one you’re wearing.” | add calmly

“That’s not possible!” She objects swiftly. “My boyfriend bought this for me last year, and he spent thousands of dollars.” She eagerly called the security guard over, “Get this liar out of here!”

“Suit yourself.” | scoff, “It’s your funeral.”

“What are you talking about?” She hisses. “What does a lowly bitch like you know about any of this?”

bottle here?” Sighing, I remove a travel-sized bottle of perfume from my purse. “This is the real product.” Snatching up a strip of test paper, I

of moonflower, night-blooming jasmine, and rare orchids, with basenotes of wolfswood and patchouli.” Exchanging the papers i elaborate, “But this one doesn’t have the orchids or wolfswood, which are extremely expensive and difficult to find.

green as her sharp wolf nose notes the distinct difference. “A-aconite?” She

lips, “More commonly known as wolfsbane. Whoever created this counterfeit obviously thought it could only harm you if ingested, but I assure you it can

“No.” She gulps, “…”

last week!” One of her colleagues steps forward, the woman clearly possessing more sense than my

refusing to accept that she’d been fooled, but unable to come up with an alternate

second saleswoman gasps,

these off the

do.” I agree, “and you should get a medical exam right away.” I inform the first woman, adding, “I would also advise washing off the fragrance.” As she runs to

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Eve

into the boutique an hour later, I stop dead in my tracks. Everyone is in an uproar, and all the La Louve fragrance counters

but the woman in front of me now is anything but. I can only see her back, but a cascade of lustrous golden

hears my voice, and my heart stops in my chest.

strides forward, extending her

out of my stupor, I take her hand. She looks exactly like Jane, but Ethan’s ex-wife died years

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