Willow’s POVBeatrice saw us and a sly smile broke out over her face.“Beatrice?” I asked.“Um, no,” the girl in the braids said. “That’s Belle.”“You can go, Jules,” Beatrice said to the girl.“All right,” she shrugged. “Can I use you as a reference though?”“Sure,” Beatrice said. The girl made her way past us with a box in her arms full of her things.“Nice meeting you,” she said as she passed me. “Hope everything works out with…all this.”Then she walked out the door. Fury boiled up inside of me.“This is fraud,” I told her. “You’re pretending to be someone else. You forged documents. You purchased this store under false pretenses.” My voice came out as a hiss.“So sue me,” Beatrice shrugged, brushing us.“You’ve gone too far,” I said. Adonis was beside me, and I could feel his anger. His fists were clenched, his jaw tight.“No really. I mean it. Sue me. Go ahead. I’ll drown you in legal fees. I have the means.”Beatrice’s attitude was so flippant, I could barely hold back. How dare
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