What happened next was obvious enough.
Veronica had staged her own disappearance, manipulating everything until Adrian personally ordered Sophie's tendons to be cut.
Adrian stared at Sophie's face in the report, remembering how numb she had looked that day. He could hardly imagine how much she must have suffered.
And he had been nothing but a fool.
Fury surged through him so violently that the veins on the back of his hand bulged. He slammed his fist into the computer, and the screen shattered instantly.
Even as blood dripped from his knuckles, Adrian did not seem to notice.
The moment he thought about everything Sophie had endured without his knowledge, the urge to strangle Veronica almost overwhelmed him.
The assistant standing nearby was terrified.
"Mr. Kingsley! Your hand—"
He
