Neo's fist slammed hard into Cecilia's face. "Cecilia, you f*****g b***h! You lied to me that you were studying abroad, and instead you were out w*****g yourself out to old men!" Cecilia's head snapped up in shock, staring at Neo in complete disbelief. She had no clue how he'd found out about any of that. By the time Neo was too worn out to keep hitting, he looked down at Cecilia's swollen, black-and-blue face and felt nothing but roiling irritation. "You two stay here and keep an eye on her. I'm going to find Elodie. We've got ten years of history between us. As long as I beg her properly, she'll soften up." Elodie's POV: When Neo tracked me down again, I was in the middle of a training session at Group A's natatorium. The curator had pegged me as a one-in-a-million talent, so he wa

