Humiliation

The party broke up around two in the morning. Tristan Lord was one of the first to leave, leading his sons out while Melissa carried little Lynne Ann who was fast asleep.

The others were all spending the night in the huge mansion with the notable exception of Britney. The woman was half carried, half helped to a car and Lucien gave terse instructions that she should be deposited in the Townhouse. Philippe nodded as he drove away with a man in tow. He glanced back at the house where he knew Ria was observing him.

Damn, but she had looked adorable, enticing, in that little dress and he had felt more turned on than ever as he looked at her, knowing she was unattainable.

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Ria watched them go. She had already decided what she was going to do the next day. Firming her lips, she moved from the window where she had been watching Philippe drive away with that drunk creature in the back seat, her lips twisting in disgust as she thought of Britney.

All the children would be staying on for a few