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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nodded to his associate. The black suited man grabbed Margaret by the hair, delivering

burned as she clutched her face. “Who are you people? Why are we

One more word and we’ll

fell silent, her legs trembling beneath her.

of wine, splashing it across her face. “Tonight’s simple – finish every drop on this table and you can leave.”

I can’t drink!” Margaret

vanished. With a sharp gesture, his men began forcing liquor down their throats. No matter how they struggled, the grip

after bottle, until their

against Sienna’s cheek, just hard enough to dimple the skin. “Watch who you cross in this city. Some people aren’t as

quivered, her face bloodless with terror.

roared, making both women

their skin and their lives

they whimpered in

days later, Sienna stood outside Drake’s hotel

Are you

Silence.

she pulled out her phone to call him. The phone rang endlessly before disconnecting. Since that night at the Sterling estate, Drake

desk confirmed he hadn’t

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BANG! BANG!” She pounded harder. “Drake Ashcroft! I’m not leaving until

knocking, the door finally opened. A wave of stale cigarette smoke

making her

pinched her nose in

looked terrible–sunken eyes ringed black, unshaven, his face oily and

he hadn’t showered in

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

his voice hollow. “What do you want?”

She pushed past

were drawn tight, no lights on despite the midday hour. The spacious suite was

black.

the lights with a grimace. Empty bottles littered the living room, the

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