Flora felt her heart race as she paced through the halls of the Scarlet Heart Club, panic clinging to her every step. The tense silence that had followed Rachael’s commanding voice only deepened her dread. Rachael had been furious, and now, as Flora rushed to find Eloise, she could already sense that something terrible was about to unfold.
She had no time to consider the murmurs of her colleagues. The escort girls in the Public Relations Department lounge were whispering behind her back, but Flora didn’t care to listen.
“What did Eloise do this time?” one of them whispered, their eyes flicking nervously between Flora and Rachael.
“I don’t know, but whatever it is, it’s bad,” another voice whispered back.
Flora felt her pulse quicken, she pushed open the door to the public hall with a s
