The penthouse sat sixty floors above the glittering skyline of the city, a fortress of glass, steel, and black marble. Harper stood in the center of the massive living room, Silas’s heavy suit jacket still draped over her shoulders, feeling like a feral stray dog that had accidentally wandered into

The television screen had gone black hours ago, but the image of Julian and Chloe kissing in Harper’s restaurant was still burned into her retinas. She sat on the edge of the plush, velvet sofa in Silas’s penthouse, her hands trembling as she stared at the empty glass coffee table.

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The silence in the penthouse was deafening after the chaos of the gala.

Harper paced the length of the massive living room, her emerald silk gown swishing violently against the hardwood floor. Her heart was beating so fast she felt lightheaded. The flashes of the cameras, the look of absolute shoc