Taken by my stepfathers
The weight of every gaze in the room followed her, but one stood out, a jagged edge in my otherwise perfectly ordered room.
A representative from the Moretti side, a man named Sterling, let his eyes linger on her. It wasn't a look of professional appraisal; it was a slow, insolent sweep of his gaze that lingered too long on the curve of her waist, his expression twisting into something predatory and possessive. He leaned back, a smug, arrogant grin playing on his lips, oblivious to the fact that he was breathing the same air as the most dangerous men in New York.
I didn't move. I didn't even blink. But the atmosphere in the room shifted instantly—a drop in pressure so sudden it felt like a p