The Forgotten Heiress Returns
Her reflection in the glass looked calm, composed, almost serene — nothing like the storm building quietly behind her eyes.
"I can't wait to see their smug little faces change when Elizabeth reveals I'm still Cornell's fiancée." she muttered under her breath, her lips barely moving, her gaze fixed on some far-off point beyond the darkening sky. "The Shaw fortune came from my mother's family. Now that I'm here, I'm going to take back every last cent, and drive those shameless parasites out for good."
She let the words settle into her chest like a vow, something solid and cold and necessary, before she turned from the window and made her way out of the house, her heels clicking softly against