Ivy Collins ignored Buckley entirely and turned her gaze to Judy Hartley. Judy’s face was swollen and red from Buckley’s beating, completely stripped of her usual glamorous, high-and-mighty demeanor. She looked utterly pathetic.

In a calm voice, Ivy said, “Your boss dragged you here to apologize, but I don’t see any sincerity in you.”

Judy’s eyelids trembled as she lifted her gaze. What she saw was Ivy Collins seated between two exceptionally attractive ...