-Lilith-
“He insulted me, in front of all those people—those nobodies—and they all laughed, Lilith. They f*****g laughed at me!”
Colin paced his office like a rabid animal.
I let out an exhausted sigh, sinking back into the armrest of the couch. I should have stayed a bit longer at the hospital.
“I know why he’s so smug,” he paused, like realization had just hit him, then resumed. “He thinks he’s suddenly important. It’s because of Grandfather.”
How easy it would be to call this relationship quits and end this nonsense.
He continued, his voice rising with rage. “I’m going to teach him a lesson.”
God, he sounded like a paper tiger.
He went on. “Remind him he’s nothing but a leech—a parasite sucking off the Blackwell—”
“Okay, we get it. You hate your uncle,” I snapped upright. “I’m
