Victoria's face twisted with fury.
That cunning little Emily—she had actually recorded everything!
Thank God she hadn't said anything more incriminating, or Emily would have had even more ammunition against her.
"What do you mean by this?" Richard demanded, his voice cold and shallow.
"I'm already married," Emily said, her chin raised. "So I'm here to collect the five hundred thousand dollars. Victoria promised it—she can't go back on her word now, can she?"
Richard's expression darkened to something ugly and unreadable.
He knew all too well what kind of family the Scott family was. And their son was still in a vegetative state—and yet she married him?
When word got out, what would people say? What would be left of his reputation?
Everyone in New York knew he, Richard, had an ex-wife and a daughter he had abandoned.
Sometimes, he genuinely wished this mother and daughter would simply disappear from his life forever.
They brought him nothing but humiliation.
