I hit the floor hard, the cold marble stinging my palms. The pain was a distant shock, a faint echo of the tempest tearing through the room.
Ethan was still reeling from my divorce announcement when Cindy’s next words brought the entire ballroom to a standstill.
"Ethan, she’s contaminated now!" Cindy shrieked, her flawless makeup beginning to crack under the strain of her fury. "She slept with eight men last night! One of them has Hale's