Marcus shoved Jade away like she was contaminated, stumbling backward in disgust.
"A hostess? You mean all those designer bags…"
"They were fake!" Jade finally snapped, all pretense gone. "Do you really think your salary could afford me? If you hadn't been useful, I never would've…"
"So you've been lying to me this whole time?" Marcus roared. "Those business deals, those so-called connections, all of it was fake?"
"So what if I lied?" Jade shot back. "Weren't you lying to her too? If you hadn't secretly transferred the car into my name, how was I supposed to…"
The two of them completely turned on each other. Only moments earlier, they had been clinging to one another like some hopelessly devoted couple. Now they looked ready to tear each other apart.
In the distance, sirens began to
