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"This one last thing is all I ask from you," she says quietly "End it with Violet Do what you’re supposed to do Break her, Ryder Break her so hard she shatters into a million little pieces, and there will be no one left to put her back together again"

The thought of doing that to Violet makes me sick to my stomach "She has her sisters," I point out "Her father"

"Not her father," she says quickly "And those selfish sisters of hers will pretend to be there for her in her time of need But then they’ll carry on with their lives in their usual vapid ways"

I rereed," she reminds me, her voice cold, her eyes narrowed as she points her index finger at me "You said you wanted to ruin her Seduce her and ruin her Reht? When we talked about how much fun it would be? Hoe could have whatever anted if we got Zachary and Violet out of our way? Well, I did ain"

"What did you do to get rid of Lawrence? He was already gone before you stepped in And I thought you were going to get rip the back ofabout this, that I still have to deal with this, with her

I don’t know if I want that London position if it’s going to cost me Violet I don’t want to hurt her Break her into a million little pieces If I’et on Forrest Fowler’s good side

The man will hate et rid of … all of us?

"He’s going to London, but it won’t last He’ll co in soet a chance at that job, too Just you wait" Pilar s quite pleased with herself

Who is she talking to if not Lawrence? I don’t get it I don’t understand how she’s able toto do with the, someone on the executive board, uarantee that I’ht I’ hard I drop my arms to my sides, my hands clenched into fists, not that I want to take out Pilar or anything

More like I want to take out myself I have no one else to blame for how I ended up here

"You’ll do it now It’s the only way I can ensure you’ll get what you want at Fleur," Pilar tells me "It’s time, Ryder Time to put your plan into action and destroy Violet coedlike her I want to get to know her better

Deep down inside, I want to o to Violet and tell her everything you said, every last little detail, including our plans for the "I’ll tell her all your little secrets, too How you used to eat scraps of food out of the Duht you home, cleaned you up, and you becas I’ll tell Forrest about you, too If you won’t ruin her, I’ll ruin you"