Chapter 52\u00a0<\/p>\n
Selena\u2019s POV\u00a0<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t remember how I got home. Everything after being thrown out of the estate is a blur of camera flashes, hurried negotiations for something to cover myself with, and a taxi ride where I couldn\u2019t meet the driver\u2019s eyes in the rearview mirror.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When I stumbled through our front door, one of our household staff looked at me with poorly disguised shock.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMiss Wright, what happened to-\u00a0<\/p>\n
You want to laugh at me too? I screamed, unable to contain the humiliation and rage boiling inside me. \u2018Don\u2019t think your years of\u00a0<\/p>\n
service here mean I won\u2019t have you fired! Get out! Get out of my sight!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
I knocked over a side table in blind fury, sending a crystal vase crashing to the floor. The maid quickly righted the table and backed away,\u00a0<\/p>\n
making some excuse before disappearing down the hall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1 collapsed onto our white leather sofa, covering my face with my hands as sobs wracked my body. I couldn\u2019t bear to look at my phone or turn on the television. The thought of seeing myself\u2013practically naked in the middle of Chicago\u2019s most prestigious design gala\u2013splashed\u00a0<\/p>\n
across social media made me physically ill. I couldn\u2019t survive that kind of public shaming\u2026\u00a0<\/p>\n
The sound of the front door opening made me lift my head. Father was home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDad, you have to help me get revenge-\u201d I began, rising to my feet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The slap came so suddenly I didn\u2019t even see it coming. The sharp crack echoed through our penthouse as his hand connected with my\u00a0<\/p>\n
cheek.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I stumbled backward, my hand flying to my face in shock. \u201cDad! I\u2019ve been through hell tonight, how could you hit me?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
How could I hit you? Jonathan Wright\u2019s face was contorted with fury, his normally composed demeanor completely shattered. You ask me that when you\u2019ve single\u2013handedly destroyed every major contract Wright Creatives had lined up? The Moonlight project, the Lakeshore\u00a0<\/p>\n
development\u2013all of it gone because of whatever you did tonight!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Before I could defend myself, another slap sent me tumbling back onto the sofa. My cheek burned with pain, tears flowing freely down my\u00a0<\/p>\n
face\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dad, what did I do wrong? 1 sobbed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
I was the Wright family\u2019s only biological daughter, Mother\u2019s precious jewel, Father\u2019s pride. He\u2019d been strict with me my entire life, occasionally harsh with his words, but never, ever had he raised a hand to ww\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tonight had already been the must humiliating experience of my life, and now my own father was treating me like this.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 52\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWho did you offend?\u201d he demanded, grabbing my shoulder. \u201cWhy are all our contracts being canceled? I worked for months on those deals! The contracts were signed, and now they\u2019re all backing out, saying they\u2019ll never work with Wright Creatives again!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Father looked like he wanted to do more than slap me, but some last thread of restraint held him back.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a flash of clarity, I remembered Ridley\u2019s words at the gala: \u201cThe surprise has already been delivered to Wright Creatives.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
My tears continued to fall, but anger began replacing my shock. \u201cDad! It\u2019s Cedar! It has to be her! She\u2019s somehow seduced Ridley, and he\u2019s using his influence to destroy us! It\u2019s Cedar\u2019s fault, not mine! You need to find her and bring her back home-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cCedar?\u201d Father scoffed. \u201cThat girl? You think she could somehow charm Ridley? The man who\u2019s rejected every socialite in Chicago? Don\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
be ridiculous.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s true!\u201d I insisted, wiping my tears. \u201cShe was his date at tonight\u2019s gala. There must be photos online by now. Look it up if you don\u2019t\u00a0<\/p>\n
believe me,\u201d I stopped abruptly, realizing what I was saying. \u201cNo, no, don\u2019t look online!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The last thing I needed was for Father to see the photos of me that were surely spreading across the internet like wildfire.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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