Gwendolyn's POV
Say what you would, but when Gwendolyn Stuart the fourth, played with people, she knew exactly what she was doing. How far to push them and when to back off. Being a master manipulator might have seemed easy from the outside, but it was actually very difficult and also insanely rewarding when done right.
Toying with the Terrell brothers had been loads of fun, at least until Brian had gone and died right after his older brother had found out about their affair.
The only thing that Gwendolyn had been able to do back then was to leave the city. Setting up a new long-term goal, to come back for Ryan later, instead of devouring him whole like she had wanted to do back then.
She had not liked it at all, pausing her games when she was having fun had always made her mad. But had she not gotten out of sight, she would have risked Ryan hating her for real due to constantly seeing her and being reminded of his brother.
