A Private Conversation

Ella's lips curled into a sarcastic smile. Leah and Sean showing up only now? Perhaps the real drama was just beginning.

"Nothing much, I'm heading back. This filthy place, full of chaos, is unbearable," Ella said casually, her words laced with subtle criticism of the Carter Group.

Turning a club into such a mess surely required the finest talents and techniques, didn't it?

Sean's expression darkened slightly, his cold eyes fixed on Ella.

Mason, standing nearby, offered, "I'll take you home."

"Mason, you really are thick-skinned. Why don't you escort Miss Leah back instead? I'm sure you two are quite pleased with how your little plan turned out," Ella said with a light laugh. As if she couldn't see right through them!

Mason was just the kind of person who would pair up with someone like Leah, a textbook manipulator.