Chapter 3

Riding shotgun in Spencer’s car, Brielle’s mind was still replaying Max’s words.

Be careful not to get burned, huh?-

Her marriage to Spencer was an arrangement made by their families. The Dorsey family held an unrivaled position in Beaconsfield, while the Haywoods barely made the top ten. Next to the Dorseys, they were essentially small fry.

Her little stunt had allowed her to let off some steam, but it also meant she’d crossed one of the most untouchable figures in the circle of the elite.

The rain was pouring down, reducing visibility, and within two miles, traffic had slowed to

a crawl.

Spencer, already in a foul mood, frowned upon seeing her bundled up in a turtleneck, her chin almost disappearing into her collar.

“Is that what you’re wearing?”

It was early fall, hardly the season for turtlenecks. Despite Brielle’s striking looks, it was a

bit odd.

bite Max had left on her neck, the corners of her lips curled up.

delicate flower,” Spencer muttered,

nothing mattered to her. “It’s none of your business where I go.” He honked the horn twice in

It was Spencer’s. From the corner of

ID-Lillian.

face softened immediately upon answering. “Lillian, you’re up? Don’t go out in this awful weather. You have a fever?

from joy to concern, then to panic. Brielle twirled a strand of hair in front of her, not

under his breath, hung up the phone, and then angrily punched

up to her apartment just now, he would have discovered her scandalous affair with another man.

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in her affairs, nor had he ever visited her

his future reaction, Brielle’s lips formed

the car key out and, without bothering with an umbrella, stepped into the

Brielle rolled down the window and called out to his

on her. After all,

window, her eyes brimming with sarcasm. “Then you’d better take good care

moment before

and turned to find that

annoyance.

car was

out the car. However, she stumbled upon several used condoms wedged in the seat’s crevice. Her face turned pale, and nausea

limited edition lipstick, a gift she’d once given to Lillian. Only thirty in

closing the compartment. She chose

soaked through by the rain, only to watch helplessly as a

away.

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