“What do you mean I have no children?” Richard’s voice trembled with barely contained rage.
“Anna, you know how dangerous I become when I’m angry. Don’t test me right now.”
“Richard, what you’re about to do will—”
“Scatter my family,” he finished bitterly, his words laced with pain. “I’ve known you were selfish and greedy for years, Anna. But I never imagined you could sink this low.”
Anna stood with her arms folded tightly across her chest, her posture rigid like a coiled spring. A sharp hiss slipped past her lips. “I’m not selfish or greedy,” she said coldly. “I just took a man from a weak and careless woman.”
The words hung between them. Richard shook his head slowly. “Dora was never weak,” he said quietly, his voice heavy with memory. “She was only foolish enough to trust you— so
