Dance

"Now step aside," the assistant continued sharply, "or you might have to pay for wasting my boss' time. For every second he wastes here, whatever company your family owns, would have to pay for that loss. This is not an empty threat. If you still doubt me, check your finances tomorrow morning."

But Lily, defiant and unrepentant, couldn't resist one last sneer. "You may be rich, but you're blind when it comes to women," she scoffed. "Such a disgraceful and immoral woman you've bid on. What a waste of your wealth! The entire city knows who Natalie Ford really is. She's already married to a nobody, yet she seduced Ivan Brown. I'm sure she learned those tricks while surviving in that filthy Xyron city. Who knows what kind of men she—"

Slap!

A sharp, resounding slap cut her words short. Lily stumbled and fell to the ground, stunned and in pain, her cheel as if on fire, her jaw seems to be dislocated.