But the man in front of her looked like he wanted to pry her mouth open to get an


    answer.


    Just as she was about to speak, however, she noticed his gaze was fixed on her corbone. He was staring,pletely captivated.


    Gloria''s confidence surged back. She instinctively pushed her chest out and leaned forward, resting her arms on the table. Her only regret was that the neckline of her dress wasn''t lower, preventing her from showcasing her assets and making himpletely hers.


    She had studied Hannah yesterday—a perfect body wasted on conservative clothes. And Sandra had always yed the innocent, pure type.


    She was bold, spicy, something new. Men, she mused, always craved what they hadn''t tasted.


    "Where did you get that ne?" Lionel asked, his voice sharp. If he remembered correctly, that ne belonged to Hannah. It was the one Owen had mistakenly given to Sandra.


    "What?" Gloria froze, unable to believe what she was hearing.


    "You''re asking about my ne?" So he had been staring at her ne this whole time.


    As she was about to answer, a cold dread washed over her. She looked down at the ne. Sandra had unted it in front of her, and while she hadn''t said who gave it to her, the quality alone screamed expense. Could it be that Lionel had given it to her?


    In that moment, Gloria silently cursed Sandra and her entire family tree.


    She quickly unsped the ne. "Sandra gave it to me," she said, pushing it across the table toward him. "And what I came to tell you is rted to this ne."


    All thoughts of seduction vanished. The look in his eyes was murderous.


    Not every man, she realized, was one you could y games with.


    "She asked me to get some surveince footage from the Temple family estate."


    Fearing he wouldn''t believe her, Gloria pulled out her phone and showed him their chat history.


    "I didn''t want do it at first,


    because it''s wrong, but she offered me this ne. It was so beautiful, I just... Lagreed." She rushed on, "But when@got there, it seemed like the Temples were expecting me The footage from that time had been deleted. But then Hannah gave me this USB drive."


    Gloria hastily pulled the drive from her bag and handed it to him. "Mr. Rosenberg, 1 swear I haven''t looked at what''s on it. Hannah just asked me to give this to you. I''ve done what she asked, so if there''s nothing else, I''ll be going."


    She nced at the ne with a pang of regret, but her safety was more important. She wanted no part of their twisted drama.


    Hannah watched as Gloria sessfullypleted her task,


    then motioned for Samuel to get up and leave. As Samuel was driving, he was just about to ask Hannah


    question when a car suddenly


    swerved out from a side street,


    cutting them off and foreing him to m on the brakes.


    If it weren''t for his quick reflexes, they would have crashed.


    Samuel unbuckled his seatbelt and stormed out of the car, furious. "Get out here! What''s your problem, don''t you know how to drive? You-" He stopped mid- sentence, frozen, as he saw who stepped out of the other car.