Lahat ng Kabanata ng Forbidden Ties : Kabanata 21 - Kabanata 22

The silence inside the sprawling mahogany room was heavy, suffocating, and instantly lethal. It was a dense, physical vacuum that seemed to suck the remaining warmth from the air, leaving nothing but the cold, clinical scent of luxury linen and old money.Hailey Grace Valdemort stood frozen across the threshold, her hands clutching her leather bag like a shield that had already been pierced through the center. The morning light filtering through the excessive cream silk hangings was harsh, painting the room in a slate-gray clarity that left no room for illusion. Her amber eyes locked onto Claudia’s bare, rain-scabs-marked shoulders, then flicked downward to the blonde hair spilled across the silk pillows beside her.Hailey could not define what exactly she was feeling. It was a sensation that transcended mere jealousy, a toxic, paralyzing numbness that seeped into her very bones and slowed her pulse to a dull, heavy thrum. Her world seemed ready to shatter at any given moment, the fra