Chapter 40

Maverick's breath caught in his throat. "You think I'm filthy?" "Yes! Maverick, are you really that dense?" Laurelle's eyes burned with fury. Seven years of pent-up emotions had exploded at that moment. "I used to cling to you, trailing behind like a little shadow, but when you started seeing Bianca behind my back and tacitly sent me to prison, that was the end of us!" Glass shards lay scattered on the floor, mingling with blood, but she didn't care whose it was. "Now I've come to my senses. I must've been blind to ever like you. What's wrong? Can't handle it?" A cold smile crept across her face. Maverick didn't let go, so she kept swinging the sharp glass bottle toward his hand. "I congratulate you! You got what you wanted! You're finally marrying Bianca, but here you are holding my hand. Aren't you afraid your precious Bianca will get jealous?" With one final forceful blow, she smashed the bottle, shattering it completely. Glass fragments littered the ground around her feet. S