Chapter 10 - Adrian Begs For His Life Now
As the brothers escorted Evelyn toward the exit, Adrian broke free from the marshals' grip and scrambled across the floor.
“Evelyn! Please! Don't leave me like this! I’m your husband! We have a life together!” Adrian cried out, grabbing her shoe.
Evelyn looked down at the man who had laughed while a riding crop tore flesh from her back just thirty minutes prior.
“My husband died the moment he decided that humiliating me was better than loving me,” Evelyn answered without a hint of emotion.
Marcus kicked Adrian’s hands away from Evelyn’s boots, sending him sprawling backward onto the glass-strewn marble floor.
“Touch her again with your filthy hands and federal prison will feel like a five-star resort compared to what we’ll do,” Marcus warned.
Vanessa watched in sheer horror as the guards moved toward her as well, slapping heavy steel handcuffs onto her delicate wrists.
“You can't arrest me! I’m just a guest! My father is a federal judge in Chicago!” Vanessa screamed at the top of her lungs.
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“Your father resigned his bench twenty minutes ago once we delivered his offshore bribery receipts to the attorney general,” Lucas noted.
Vanessa collapsed into a heap of gold fabric on the floor, weeping uncontrollably as her entire high-society illusion vanished.
