My stomach churned even more violently, and my hands started shaking uncontrollably.

It was Brandon. Someone I once trusted so deeply.

After I had finished being sick, I wiped my mouth with a tissue and said coldly, "Don't call me that."

Brandon sneered, "Why can Derek call you that, but I can't?"

I knew everything that happened today was connected to him. Patricia's appearance at the banquet, Derek's injuries - it was all his doing. His past schemes and present ...