ana

ng as Asher and Erica em

's arms, their faces flushed wi

ed it down for her, then leaned in to kiss her for

ed toward the ballroom, laugh

umb with cold. Their words echoed in my

I couldn't stand it

turn the corner into the ballroom, my voic

r! Er

hey spun around, the smile

she plastered on a fake look of concern. "Eliana,

mix of shock, guilt, an

them step by step. My eyes were locked on

hat are you talking about? Your father

ze to Erica. "You arranged it, didn't you? Car

You're insane! Eliana,

trying to drag me away

th disgust, the force o

t out. Not to slap her, but to grab

ull

re torso to the hallway lights. It w

vely moving to shield h

humiliation. She scrambled to pull up h

amed, lunging at me wi

anticipate her feral attack. She s

Her hands dug into my shoulders, shoving me

the edge of a rug.

, his hand reaching for

truck the hard, marbl

g thud echoed in

hind my eyes. The worl

I saw Erica's terrified face and As

fingers hovering near my nose. A second later,

her, her voice a ragged, panicked wh

. she's not breat