Kimberly Agate POV
“You think you can just walk away from me, Penelope?”
My voice rang across the marble floor of the lobby.
I needed to see her break.
I needed to see the shame crack through that fake, perfect skin.
Penelope stopped.
She did not flinch.
She turned her head slowly.
A tiny, cruel smile touched her lips.
Her eyes locked onto mine.
They were completely dead.
“Miss Kimberly, there is a basic fact your tiny brain cannot seem to process.”
Her voice was low.
It cut right through the hum of the air conditioning.
“The Agates did not kick me out.”
She took a step closer to me.
“I was the one who dumped Julian.”
I gripped my leather handbag until my knuckles turned white.
“You lie,” I spat.
Penelope looked me up and down.
Her eyes lingered on my jawline.
“And for
