But the balcony was empty, the person who had just stood there seemed to have just left, and there was still the smell of smoke in the air.

Eloise Thompson stood in a daze, a bitter smile curling up at the corners of her mouth as if she were laughing at herself, and her whole being was much more awake.

How could Hector Rogers accept such a thing, and even if he could, Reeva Lawsor. would tell Hector's father, Matriarch Rogers, about it; they were already very unhappy with themselves, and knowing this, how could they approve of a woman like her and Hector Rogers being together.

Eloise Thompson, you...