THIRD PERSON POV.
Elizabeth's long strides devoured the distance between her chambers and Valerie's prison. She was so damn angry and needed to vent on Valerie. She was losing her mind; all her plans were failing, and for a moment, she felt like her world was crumbling right in front of her, and she could do nothing about it. Mark was her ticket to the power and influence she had always desired, but now that would almost never happen. The very thought of Valerie's continued influence over Mark was an insult to her entire existence, a personal attack on her own worth. She could not understand why Mark persisted in lavishing attention on the blonde seductress as if Elizabeth herself was nothing more than a mere afterthought.
Elizabeth burst into Valerie's room without knocking, and the mom
