"Don’t forget, there are thousands of women out there lining up and begging to be in your position. Do not ever disturb me or try to find out who the woman with me is again. From this very second, you are nobody in my life!"
"Julian! Don't hang up! Julian—"
Click!
Julian cut the call with a swift flick of his wrist. Without a shred of mercy, he powered down his phone completely and tossed it onto the nightstand.
The man lay back down, pulling Elena, who was beginning to stir from the noise, tightly back into his embrace. He left Victoria on the other side of the city to drown in the hysteria and ruin of her own making.
To Victoria, the sharp dial tone sounded like a death knell echoing in her ears. She stared at the screen, which had suddenly gone black, her breathing shallow and fran
