Chapter 103

The Last Desperate Move

Susan had been pacing back and forth for nearly an hour in an old house, her mind running wild with schemes.

The television played in the background, flashing images of Astor Harrington’s latest public appearance, an image of a man at the height of his power, untouchable and unbothered.

Susan scoffed, gripping her phone so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

“That arrogant bastard," she muttered under her breath. Everything had crumbled before her eyes, her mother was dead, her money was gone, and worst of all, she had been humiliated. Banished. Tossed away like she was nothing.

But she wasn’t done yet.

She...