CATHERINE
I watched as Ronald walked away, my heart pounding so hard I was so sure everyone around me could hear it.
My cheek still burned, but it wasn’t the sting of the slap that hurt… some part of me still felt like I deserved it. Every bit of it. Not because of Ronald’s ex wife’s accusation, although they weren’t far fetched, but for what I was doing. For what I was about to do.
The whispers rippled through the hall like a drop of stone in water, there were a bunch of elites side eyeing the living daylights out of me but I couldn’t bring myself to care.
Because in five minutes, this entire place was going to descend into chaos, and I would be the reason why.
I clutched my purse, forcing my legs to move, each click of my heels on the polished tile sounding like a countdown to dest
