Chapter 14 - Left in the Cold
"Are you insane?" Chloe shrieked, the rain plastering her hair to her face. "I have a silk slip on! I'll freeze to death!"
"Then you shouldn't have slept with a married man in his wife's bed," I replied, my face devoid of pity. "The coat. Now."
Chloe sobbed, pulling off the heavy cashmere coat and throwing it onto the wet sidewalk. She stood there in a thin, sheer slip, the freezing wind biting into her skin.
I rolled up the window halfway. "Vance, pick up the coat and throw it in the trash on your way back. It’s contaminated."
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Julian fell to his knees in the puddles, grasping at the door handle of the Maybach. "Elena, I have no money! The lawyers froze everything! Where am I supposed to go?"
"I hear the subway stations are quite warm this time of year," I said softly. I tapped the glass divider. The driver put the car in gear, and the Maybach pulled away smoothly, leaving Julian and his mistress in the rearview mirror, drowning in the storm they had created.
