CHAPTER 35

Lisa was in a very bad mood. She had not expected Axel to suddenly appear in New York, and she certainly had never expected him to whisk her away, today of all days. For a fee that was so inconsequential to her, Lisa got more information from Claire's sister, Rose, than she did when she gave up her life to Leo.

Thinking about Leo soured her mood even further. The sly fox had duped her, but she would make him pay. Meanwhile, she was upset because she had imagined all the ways she could torture Claire with the new information she had just received. She knew she must have looked evil, sitting there grinning like a maniac at someone else's misfortune, but she was glad Rose didn't particularly like her sister either.

The drive to the office was the sweetest she had ever had. She devised so many ways to hurt Claire, she actually salivated at the thought of doing all those things. She wanted to hold off for as long as she could before breaking the news to Axel and exposing the fraud his newfo