Tania's sobbing came to an abrupt halt. Her eyes, moments ago brimming with fake tears, now burned with fury. For a second, a flash of pure hatred passed over her face.
She wanted to strike then and there, to make Gabriel suffer. But she restrained herself. 'Not yet,' she thought. 'First, I get into the Beaumont family. Then I destroy them—one by one.'
When she looked back up at him, her rage was gone, masked behind sadness and scorn.
"Love?" she scoffed bitterly. "That's long dead. Denis still pines for Anne. Can you believe it?" Her voice was filled with resentment. "He never cared about me. Not really. All I was a shadow in her place. He called her name when he slept with me. It was so humiliating."
Frustration radiated off her. "Now I want revenge. I want him to regret every moment he overlooked me. I want to take back what I gave him and more."
Gabriel let out a cold, humorless snort. His lip curled. "You've got guts saying that to his father."
