Luca's legs gave out beneath him, and he dropped to his knees in the middle of the shattered glass and dirty water.
Blood quickly soaked through his suit pants, but he didn't seem to feel it.
Eve scrambled across the floor and grabbed at my heel. "Serena... No, Ms. Lancaster... Please, just let me explain..."
"Don't touch me." I shook her off with a look of disgust.
Before she could try again, one of the guards stepped forward, hauled her up, and tossed her back into the corner.
Lucas stayed on his knees.
Ignoring the blood running down his legs, he started banging his forehead against the marble floor.
He cried, "Serena, I was wrong! I know I screwed up!
"If you're really the heir to a fortune like this, why didn't you tell me? You were testing me, right?
"This was all some kind
