Chapter 41

After being thrown out, Drake stood with his mother and Sienna outside the Sterling estate.

“Son, what do we do now?” Margaret was nearly in tears. “Have we ruined everything with the Sterlings? What about the investment?”

“Will they retaliate?” Sienna trembled. “The Sterlings are so powerful.”

Drake remained silent, moving like a puppet with cut strings, his expression vacant and lifeless.

Later that evening, as Asher drove Thalia home, she hesitated outside her building. “About today…”

He brushed a strand of hair from her face, his voice low and vulnerable. “When he said you could have been married and happy if he’d known your identity… I was afraid. If you-”

“There is no ‘if,” Thalia cut him off gently, meeting his dark eyes. “Don’t worry about things that never happened.”

“Besides,” she added seriously, “I never planned to marry Drake anyway.”

Asher’s eyes brightened. “Really?”

Thalia nodded, smiling. She shivered slightly in the night air, but her eyes sparkled. “Back then, I never thought about marrying Drake. But now, I’m looking forward to our engagement ceremony.”

Asher slipped off his jacket, wrapping it around her as he pulled her close. “So am I.”

Drake left the estate alone in his car, disappearing into the night.

Sienna drove Margaret back to their hotel, both women still shaken from their humiliation. As they stepped out of the car in the underground parking garage, they were suddenly grabbed from behind. Before either could scream, bags were pulled over their heads and everything went dark.

They awoke in a dimly lit private room, forced face–down against a glass table. A man covered in tattoos lounged on the sofa across from them, one leg crossed casually over the other.

“Let’s have some fun,” he smiled menacingly. “Share a drink with me?”

Margaret, still playing the wealthy matriarch, began hurling abuse at him. “How dare you! Do you know who I am? When my husband-”

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man grabbed Margaret by the hair, delivering two sharp slaps that echoed through the room.

her face. “Who are you people?

his ears theatrically. “Such a noisy old woman. One more word and we’ll solve that problem permanently.” He pulled out a Swiss Army knife, letting the blade catch the

fell silent, her legs trembling beneath

remained pinned to the table as the man picked up a glass of wine, splashing it across

drink!” Margaret

began forcing liquor down their throats.

glass, bottle after bottle,

knife against Sienna’s cheek, just hard enough to dimple the skin. “Watch who

quivered, her face

he suddenly roared, making both

and their lives literally in his

we understand,” they whimpered in

Sienna stood outside Drake’s hotel

Are you in there?”

Silence.

at the Sterling estate, Drake had completely disappeared – no responses to

confirmed he hadn’t

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the door finally opened. A wave of stale

hit her, making her gag.

She pinched her nose in

eyes ringed black, unshaven, his face oily and

sweat suggested he hadn’t showered

done to yourself?” Sienna asked, fighting her nausea.

his voice hollow. “What do you

sick about you.” She pushed past him into

tight, no lights on despite

black.

Empty bottles littered the

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