Chapter 71 Chapter 71: It was a vise grip. Liam turned. Alistair Thorne stood there. He wore a black dress shirt, unbuttoned at the top. He looked calm—bored, even—but his eyes were black pits of violence. “Thorne,” Liam sneered. “I should have known. Are you the one ‘occupying’ her p>
Chapter 70 Chapter 70: He picked it up and swiped to answer. “Skye!” Liam’s voice barked through the speaker. “Where are you? Why aren’t you answering p> Alistair didn’t speak immediately. He let the silence stretch—heavy and taunting. “She’s occupied,” Alistair said, his voice deep, calm, and utterly in control.
Chapter 69 Chapter 69: “Read it!” Beatrice screamed. Liam caught a few photos. He looked at them. They were photos of Seraphina. But not at the library. She was at a club—a low-end gambling den in the neighboring city. She sat on the lap of a man old enough to
Chapter 68 Chapter 68: Liam frowned. He walked in. The room was stripped. The vanity was bare. The closet doors were open, revealing empty racks. The nightstand, usually cluttered with Skye’s books and creams, was wiped clean. In the center of the bed sat a single object: her wedding ring.
Chapter 67 Chapter 67: She screamed. It was a primal sound—vanity shattered. “My face! My face!” She threw the mirror. It shattered against the wall. “It’s Skye’s fault! She chased me! She made me run p> “I know,” Liam soothed, stroking her hair. “I know she upset you p> “I
Chapter 66 Chapter 66: Outside, the night was dark and windy. Seraphina was thrown out of the front entrance. She stumbled, skinning her knees on the pavement. The valet threw her keys at her. “Get your piece of junk out of the driveway,” the valet sneered. Seraphina scrambled into her
Chapter 65 Chapter 65: “Solicitation p> “Did she just admit to trading favors for tuition p> Seraphina looked around wildly. The walls of the elite society she so desperately wanted to enter were closing in on her, bristling with spikes. Manager Zheng was backing away, disappearing into the crowd to
Chapter 64 Chapter 64: Seraphina’s eyes lit up. She saw Skye standing near a waiter, holding an empty glass. In Seraphina’s twisted logic, Skye—cut off by Liam—must be working the event. Seraphina marched over, dragging Zheng with her. “Excuse me!” Seraphina called out, snapping her fingers. Skye turned slowly. Seraphina
Chapter 63 Chapter 63: “Don’t start,” Liam warned. “Listen, I need you to unfreeze the joint account. Just for a week. I have a vendor payment that needs to clear and p> “No,” Skye said. “Skye, be reasonable p> “I am being reasonable. I’m protecting my assets from your bad
Chapter 62 Chapter 62: “Stop it,” Liam snapped. “Stop blaming her for your laziness. You spend more time shopping and gossiping than you do opening a book. If you lose that scholarship, I’m not covering the tuition, Sera. My grandmother watches the accounts like a hawk p> Seraphina’s mouth fell
Chapter 61 Chapter 61: “You lost your shield,” Skye said without stopping. “Jessica took the bullet for you. Do you think Tiffany won’t notice? Do you think she isn’t wondering when it will be her turn p> Seraphina’s hand tightened on her compact. She looked at Tiffany, who was standing
Chapter 60 Chapter 60: “Jessica,” Seraphina whispered, sounding heartbroken. “Why would you say that? I know you were jealous of Skye, but to blame me p> “You told me to do it!” Jessica screamed, standing up. “You said the photos were real, but we needed a better caption! You typed
Chapter 59 Chapter 59: “Liam cut off my allowance,” Skye corrected. “He didn’t cut off my lineage. Or my mother’s estate p> She leaned closer to the bars. “Get off your knees, Seraphina. You’re ruining your stockings. And frankly, the performance is derivative. I’ve seen better acting in a high
Chapter 58 Chapter 58: “Step back from the gate,” the lead guard ordered. His voice was flat, professional, and terrifying. Jessica froze. “We… we’re visiting a friend p> “Name?” the guard asked, pulling out a clipboard. “Skye Sterling,” Jessica said triumphantly. “She just went in p> The guard checked his
Chapter 57 Chapter 57: She put the phone away. Back in the cafeteria, Seraphina was trembling. “What did she say to you?” Jessica asked, wiping tomato sauce off her jeans. “Nothing,” Seraphina snapped. Her voice was brittle. “She knows. She knows about the upload p> “How?” Tiffany asked. “We used
Chapter 56 Chapter 56: Skye looked at the money. Then she looked at Seraphina. Skye laughed. It wasn’t a loud laugh. It was a soft, chilling sound that didn’t match the situation at all. It was the laugh of someone who knew the punchline to a joke no one else
Chapter 55 Chapter 55: SPLAT. The pasta hit the floor with a wet, heavy sound. Sauce exploded outward, splattering across Tiffany’s pristine white sneakers and up the hem of her jeans. “Ew!” Tiffany shrieked, jumping back and dropping her own tray in the process. “My shoes! These are limited edition
Chapter 54 Chapter 54: To: Felix I need the University Library login logs from 8:00 AM to 8:30 AM today. Specifically Terminal 4 in the West Wing. Also, pull the security feed for that sector. From: Felix Consider it done. Give me ten minutes. Skye smiled. It was a cold,
Chapter 53 Chapter 53: “It’s not just paper,” Ethan argued, his voice rising. “It’s defamation. It’s harassment. We’re going to the Dean right now. I’ll make them pull the security footage p> He grabbed her wrist, his grip warm and firm, and started to pull her toward the administration building.
Chapter 52 Chapter 52: Skye felt the blood drain from her face, pooling somewhere in her feet. Pinned to the board were dozens of photos. They weren’t fake. They were real. Skye recognized the lighting immediately. The dimly lit VIP corridor of The Obsidian Club. The velvet curtains. In the