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    Elliana met her gaze coolly. “Yes,” she said. “Hailee’s my friend. I gave her the Rosa pieces. Any objections?”


    Trinity’s hands curled into fists as she stifled her outrage. “Why are you so determined to undermine me? What do you gain from sabotaging this union between the Craigs and the Sampsons?”


    A softugh drifted from Elliana’s lips. “Miss Craig, please refrain from making baseless usations here. Instead of demanding answers from your own brother about how he ruined an innocent girl’s life, you throw stones at me, someone entirely unrted. Have you lost your mind?”


    With so many witnesses, Trinity dared not raise her voice. Rebuffed by Elliana, she shot onest re before retreating to her ce.


    Desperate to regain control, Trinity turned to Hailee and stered a false smile on her face.


    Trinity didn’t even flinch as she lied through her teeth. “Miss Loftus, I just found out my brother’s assistant totally dropped the ball on getting your paycheck out. You’re here to collect, right?”


    Before Hailee had the chance to speak, Trinity steamrolled ahead, all sugar and fake sympathy. “I’m so sorry. Boris has been buried in nning this engagement party, and his assistant haspletely spaced. It’s a mess, and you got caught in it. Let me fix that right now.” Trinity didn’t wait for a response. She just reached into her purse and pulled out a check.


    Hailee nced down at the check and then met Trinity’s eyes with a look so dry that it could’ve sucked the moisture out of the room. She hadn’t seen Trinity before, but from the way she talked, she figured out who Trinity was. Still, she asked anyway, “And you are?”


    Trinity’s mouth curled into a smug little smirk. “I’m Boris’s little sister. He handed me the reins on this, so I’m handling it for him.” Without warning, she shoved the check into Hailee’s hand. “It’s supposed to be a hundred grand. I made it two. Consider the extra a ‘sorry for the hassle,’ Miss Loftus. Just take it.”


    Trinity figured two hundred thousand was life-changing money for someone like Hailee, but pocket change for her to make a nuisance disappear.


    Hailee let out a sharpugh, half-amused, half-disgusted, and started to give the check back.


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    That wiped the fake charm right off Trinity’s face. Her expression darkened as she leaned in, voice low and biting. “You think you can mess with the Craigs? You’re a nobody. You’ve got no power. What makes you think you stand a chance?”


    The threat mmed into Hailee. Her whole body stiffened, and her stare went cold.


    But Trinity didn’t stop. Her voice dipped even lower, each word heavy with warning. “Maybe you’re not scared of what we could do to you. Fine. But what about your father?”


    At that, something shifted in Hailee’s expression. The mention of her dad hit the nerve Trinity was aiming for.


    Just as Hailee had feared, the Craig family was already dragging her family into it. They were ying dirty. Real dirty.


    Believing she’d rattled Hailee enough, Trinity leaned in and whispered, “Take the money and vanish. Otherwise, when wee for you, we won’t show any mercy.” With her threats out of the way, she snapped back into her wless persona, flipping on that high-society grin like a switch. “Honestly, Miss Loftus, I feel like we’ve got a bond now. Let’s keep in touch. Who knows? Maybe we’ll end up best friends.”


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