After returning from a secret mission, she found her daughter being humiliated by her husband’s mistress—who had no idea the mother owned the family fortune and knew every lie.

off her hand,” I repeated.

She laughed.

“You don’t give orders here anymore.”

I moved before she finished speaking.

Not fast enough to harm her, only fast enough to make her understand the balance of the room had changed.

I crossed the marble floor, bent down, and slipped my hand beneath Lily’s trembling fingers.

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