Chapter 54: The Most Innocent
Giselle Frost gripped Elias Kane's wrist with unyielding force, pulling him up the stairs without a word of explanation. The front desk clerk watched the whole scene play out, her face frozen in complete bewilderment.
When Giselle had first brought Elias here to book the room, a different clerk had been working the shift. She had no idea the two of them even knew each other. All she had seen was Sloane Sinclair crossing paths with Elias. She hadn't caught their conversation, but she'd watched the young man suddenly break down in tears. Then this silver-haired young woman had stormed in, fury radiating off her, and forcibly dragged him away.
Anyone deep in gossip mode could spin an entire story from nothing but the players involved. No need for motive or backstory—just the faces, and the imagination filled in the rest with delicious detail.
