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Chapter 51 – Massive Confrontation

Author: Billie Patsy
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LENA

I thought maybe she’d cool down.

I thought she’d storm off, slam a few more doors, drown herself in a glass of wine, and by morning, she’d at least be calm enough to talk.

But I should’ve known better.

Vivian Carter didn’t cool down. She erupted.

By noon the next day, the house was buzzing like a hive. Staff whispered in the halls, side glances shot at me when I walked by. Roman’s name on their lips. My name too. I could feel it pressing in, the rumor spreading faster than wildfire.

I was halfway down the staircase when I heard her voice. Sharp. Cold.

“You think you can humiliate me?”

I froze at the bottom step, gripping the railing as my mother’s heels clicked against the marble floor. She stood in the grand foyer, her arms crossed, her eyes like shards of glass.

Roman was there too. Calm. Too calm. His hands shoved in his pockets, his posture loose, but his jaw was tight enough to crack.

He looked up when he sensed me, his eyes flicking to mine for the briefest moment, a silent
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