Chapter 2  “Professor, there’s no need. Please just submit a request to erase all of my records.” I calmly replied.  There was a pause on the other end of the…

 Chapter 1  On the day of our fifth wedding anniversary, my husband’s friend leaned toward him with a grin and asked in French, “How does your little assistant taste?”  My…

  Chapter 21  In Loving Memory,  Vivianne Desmonte  The gravestone stood solemn and polished beneath the cherry blossoms of Desmil Cemetery.  placed a white flower gently at its base.  My…

Chapter 20  “You must create an empire like mine to prove yourself to me.”  That was my grandfather’s condition.  Don Fredrinn didn’t raise his voice or lift a brow. He…

Chapter 19  YEAR 2019  “Careful…”  Lothario’s hand steadied me as I took slow steps down the tree-lined path of the private park in his exclusive estate. The breeze was light,…

  Chapter 18  The courtroom doors slammed open.  Gasps echoed through the chamber as a woman stepped forward, heels clicking with purpose.  Rebecca Fiore.  Don Richard’s wife.  Rupert’s mother.  Her…

Chapter 17  The white ceiling greeted me like a ghost.  I blinked slowly, my body heavy, breath shallow. Pain rippled across my ribs as I pushed myself up from the…

Chapter 16  The forest behind the Rossi estate was thick with shadows and the stench of blood.  We ran.  Branches slapped against my face. Mud splashed my boots. The trees-tall,…

Chapter 15  ‘Stupid…”  My voice cracked before I could stop it.  With my hands trembling and eyes burning, I lifted my gun-  BANG!  The bullet struck the gun in Chris’s…

Chapter 14  The sky was ash-gray above the Rossi estate, a looming shadow of the empire it once represented. The gates hung half open, scorched and bent from the earlier…