BuzzNovel“Weren't you the one who said it? That | always put my own interests first, and that when there's something to
be gained, | can eridure anything, no matter how humiliating. Well, it’s obvious now-lleana Tate is no use to me
anymore, and | need your help. Since you and Illeana can’t stand each other, the enemy of my enemy is my
friend, isn’t that right?”
Alessia Morton gave her a measured look. “Being so presumptuous is a habit you. should break.”
Illeana wasn’t even worthy of being her rival.
She glanced at the time, then dropped lazily into the chair next to Lucy Summers. Her posture was relaxed,
almost careless.
“You've got five minutes. Tell me-what do you want?”
“Help my mom get a divorce. Help us both get out of the country.”
Lucy couldn't stay with the Summers family any longer. Her mother was falling
Hargrove Summers, seemed to have caught on to what they were planning-he stubbornly refused to sign the
divorce papers.
apart to make matters worse, Lucy's f
If this went on much longer, there would be no way out for either of them.
Alessia let out a soft, mirthless laugh. “Lucy, that’s your problem, not mine.”
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“I know. That's why I'm begging you-please, | have nowhere else to turn, I'm begging you!” As if afraid Alessia
would walk out at any moment, Lucy reached out and grabbed her arm, ignoring the pain that shot through her
own body.
She'd originally tried to get something out of Ileana, but quickly realized she had zero standing in the Tate
family-she wasn’t even worth the servants‘ attention.
If it hadn't been for Hargrove pressuring her to get along with Illeana, she never would have risked offending
Alessia for lleana’s sake.
Trapped between two impossible options, all she could do was quietly withdraw. whenever the two women went
head-to-head, hoping to protect herself.
But now, with nothing left to lose, she might as well throw caution to the wind and beg Alessia for help.
“I'll do anything you ask-if you help me, I'll never say no to you, ever! | know | can’t offer you anything right
now, and | know a promise like that doesn’t mean much...
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Wait! When | was born, my grandfather gavethree small shops, | can olen them. all over to you!”
Lucy’s eyes lit up with sudden hope.
“They haven't been doing well lately,
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figures a year. All three are mine
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Her grip on Alessia’s arm tightened, leaving angry red marks on Alessia’s fair skin.
“Please, I'll give you everything | have-just help us!”
“You're smart-you could turn those shops around in no time. Please, Alessia!”
Lucy begged, her desperation
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“Lucy, sometimes you need to push
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you've learned to look for a way out.”
Lucy froze, turning over Alessia’s words in her mind.
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