Chapter 5

Avery didn't get a chance to touch my hair. Two security guards grabbed her from both sides and held her in place.

She kicked and struggled helplessly, her feet flailing off the ground as she screamed curses at us. "How dare you? Do you have any idea who I am?

"Charlotte, is this your doing? You wrecked my son's company, and now you're having him kidnapped, too. The Carter family must have been cursed to end up with a bitch like you."

I looked at her furious, twisted expression and almost laughed.

This was Alex's mother. To her, her son…