Chapter 122

• ARIANA
• WHEN I REJOINED the party, the dead body was gone. Not a single trace of blood could be found on the now pristine floor, and the servers acted like they hadn’t just witnessed a death a few minutes ago.
• I wondered how many traumatized workers he’d have to pay off tonight so this didn’t get out to the press, but then I remembered how he’d abruptly left me in the bathroom, and all traces of sympathy for Aleksei Tarasov dissolved.