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She turned to leave, but Adrian grabbed her wrist hard enough to hurt.
“Sienna! Apologize, or you’re not leaving this room.”
The cold finality in his voice-spoken in defense of another woman-shattered what little love she
still had left.
Sienna suddenly laughed-a hollow, bitter laugh.
She looked at him, then at Celeste, who was standing smugly behind him. Her voice trembled bur
was eerily calm.
“Fine. I’ll apologize.”
“I’m sorry, Miss Harrington. I shouldn’t have… ‘hit’ you. Is that enough?”
Each word scraped her soul raw.
When she finished, her eyes were red. She yanked her wrist free and ran out of the restroom.
She had just stepped into the hallway when she almost collided with someone.
It was a well-dressed middle-aged man. The moment he saw her face, he froze-then his expression turned from shock to awe. He instinctively lowered his head.
“Miss Sloane-”
Before he could finish, Adrian came out of the restroom behind her, frowning.
“What Miss Sloane? You two know each other?”
The man blinked, startled, and just as he was about to answer, someone called him from down the
hall. He threw Sienna a complicated, respectful glance, gave a small nod, and quickly walked away.
Celeste stepped forward immediately, looping her arm through Adrian’s with practiced grace.
“What was that? Did he just call me ‘Miss’? I think that man’s one of my father’s business
partners.”
Adrian glanced between Celeste and Sienna’s pale face, then seemed to accept her explanation without question.
He took Sienna’s hand, his tone softer but still distant.
“Sienna, since you’ve already apologized, let’s just drop it. I might’ve spoken harshly, but you really went too far…”
Sienna pulled her hand back sharply and didn’t even look at him as she walked away.
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“Sienna!” Adrian called, hurrying after her.
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