Part 2: THE WOMAN MY HUSBAND NEVER MISSED AN APPOINTMENT FOR WAS ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH TOO
My mother looked at the photograph again. Then toward the hospital door where Ethan was still demanding to be let inside. —Who is she? —Sophie Lane. The…
Part 2: THE “COUNTRY GIRL” THEY SENT TO SERVE TEA WAS THE ONLY PERSON CALEB QUINN COULDN’T DEFEAT
Isabella stared at the gray suit in my hands. —Avery, this costs four thousand dollars. I touched the sleeve again. —Then someone made three thousand nine hundred…
Part 2: THE THESIS NADIA DELETED WAS ETHAN’S—AND HE HAD THREE HOURS TO SAVE HIS DEGREE
The office went completely silent. The Integrity Director looked at my phone. Then at Ethan. —Miss Lin, are you formally requesting an investigation into unauthorized deletion of…
Part 2: THE RECEPTIONIST WHO FOUND THE $46 MILLION HOLE
No one in the lobby moved. Adrian Foster looked at the USB drive in my hand. Then at Bianca. Then back at me. —Forty-six million? His voice…
Part 2: THE DIVORCE PAPERS REACHED HIS BARRACKS BEFORE HE CAME HOME
My mother didn’t ask what happened. She looked at my frozen hands, my swollen eyes, and the small curve of my abdomen beneath my coat. Then she…
Part 2: THE WOMAN ADRIAN COULDN’T LOVE BECAME THE ONLY WIFE HIS EMPIRE COULD NOT AFFORD TO LOSE
Adrian stared at Marta for several seconds. Then he looked at the bracelet sealed inside the evidence bag. —Was it Vivian’s? Marta immediately nodded. —Yes! Miss Vivian…
Part 2: HE RUSHED HOME TO DEFEND HIS ASSISTANT—THEN LEARNED MY MOTHER HAD ALREADY BEEN BURIED
Luc Tram Phong pushed open the bedroom door so hard that it struck the wall. His eyes went first to me. Then to the suitcase on the…
Part 2: THE NIGHT JULIAN DISCOVERED HIS DYING WIFE WAS STILL THE HEIRESS OF AN EMPIRE
The red light inside the jade pendant continued blinking. Once. Twice. Three times. Marcus stared at it as if he had just watched a dead woman pull…
Part 2: THE WOMAN WHO POISONED MY DAUGHTER HAD BEEN WAITING SIX YEARS FOR US TO RETURN
For several seconds, I thought Adrian had said the wrong name. —Serena? Marcus lowered the phone. —Airport security stopped her near the international transfer gates. She was…
Part 2: THE CHILD THEY WANTED ME TO ABORT BECAME THE HEIR THEY COULD NEVER TOUCH
I stared at the older man. He looked nothing like me. At least, that was what I thought at first. Then I noticed his eyes. Gray. Exactly…