Emily felt she had really spent most of her life doing the wrong thing.
She had always put her family first, a lifestyle that left her with little or no time to build friendships or experience the lighter side of life.
While others indulged in visits to the beauty parlour, relaxed at the spa, or spent weekends watching their favourite movies and chasing celebrities, she had been shuttling between multiple jobs and yet barely keeping herself afloat.
And just when she was beginning to think of a way to ease herself from that relentless grind, fate played her a cruel hand, hard and unrelenting as it sent her straight into the arms of a street kingpin.
With a deep sigh as she gathered her breath and walked beside Mirabel through the glimmering hall, the cold glances from the guest were thrown into the back of her mind.
