Chapter 45

“Haven’t you embarrassed him enough? Stop clinging to my brother! I’m warning you! Go away!” The girl’s irate outburst threw Lianne for a loop. Thank goodness Zane was there to stop her. “Do you know who you’re talking to, Nancy? Apologize now!” His brooding voice carried authority and dominance that was not to be challenged. “Zane, are you expecting me to apologize to the shameless woman? You’ve never raised your voice at me before, yet you’re doing it now because of a cheating woman.” In the twenty-odd years of her life, Zane had never been so mean to her. Nancy burst into tears. She sobbed uncontrollably, her face wet with snot and tears. “She slept with another man, Zane. Are you going to pretend that didn’t happen?” Then, it dawned on Lianne that Nancy had confused her for Mrs. Atlas. Luck was not on Lianne’s side as everybody seemed to have it out for her since she started working directly under Zane. Lianne smiled, not hiding the passive-aggressive element in her