Chapter 3 - ESCAPE INTO THE NIGHT
Outside the estate, rain slicked the asphalt driveway as luxury sedans waited under the glowing streetlamps.
Adrian opened the door of his black armored SUV, helping Maya inside before stepping into the driver's seat himself.
"Where are we going?" Maya asked, smoothing down her cream-white lace apron with shaking fingers.
"Somewhere far away from the cameras and the lies," Adrian replied, starting the powerful engine with a deep rumble.
As the SUV pulled past the wrought-iron gates, Maya looked back at the grand mansion shining through the storm.
Inside the ballroom, Elena hurled her crystal champagne glass against the wall, shattering it into a thousand sparkling fragments.
"Find out where he's taking her!" Elena barked at her head of security, her voice tight with uncontrollable fury.
Her father, Arthur Vance, stepped beside her, his face dark with calculating, corporate malice.
"Calm down, Elena," Arthur commanded quietly. "A man who chooses a maid over a multi-billion-dollar merger is easily ruined."
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"I don't just want him ruined, Dad," Elena growled, her dark mascara smudged under her eyes. "I want that girl destroyed."
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