Chapter Seventeen- Sweet Indulgence

Ares Levine was heated. His body shook with barely restrained rage but he managed to reign it in. As much as anyone could when they had already lashed out. Ares wheeled himself to his room but a single conversation kept playing in his mind like a tune stuck in your head after you hear it on the radio. Edward and Leonards voices still rang through his ears. Leonard argued long and hard with Edward. Claiming that Lenora would never drag herself to ask Ares for any sort of help even if it meant her company was on the line without it. Ares agreed with Leonard and believed the ordeal to be ridiculous. Who would she turn to? It made sense to turn to her family; the Levines. They were powerful and held the entire city in the palm of their hands. She would be foolish to turn to anyone else for help. The irritation only further turned into pure anger when Leonard confirmed a few hours later that Lenora wasn’t running to him for the money. Instead, she had a business meeting with two bank pres