Chapter 5 - The Jealous Mistress
Back at the table, the shattered glass had been swept up by a busboy. Grant sat in absolute, terrifying silence. He hadn't touched the menu. He hadn't spoken a single word to Vanessa.
Vanessa’s insecurity quickly boiled over into toxic, venomous anger. She wasn't going to let a pregnant waitress ruin her dinner or her chance at marrying into a billionaire syndicate.
"Grant, snap out of it," Vanessa hissed, leaning across the white tablecloth. "She's probably trying to trap you. She probably slept with some random cook in the kitchen and is just waiting to slap you with a paternity suit to steal your money."
Grant’s dark eyes slowly shifted to Vanessa. The look he gave her was so profoundly cold and lethal that the blonde woman physically flinched backward in her chair.
"If you speak about her like that again," Grant whispered, his voice vibrating with pure malice, "I will have you thrown out of this window."
Before Vanessa could even process the threat, the heavy kitchen doors opened again.
Emily walked back out, carrying a tray with two glasses of still water. But she wasn't alone. Walking right behind her, wearing a sharp grey suit, was the restaurant’s general manager.
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And walking right behind the manager was Victor. Grant’s older brother.
👉 How will Emily survive being trapped in the same room with the man who threatened to kill her baby?
