Free The Russian's Furious Fiancee by Elizabeth Lennox Page B

glanced to her left, seeing the beautiful woman’s face marred by a sneer filled with bitterness. “He’s a bastard, you know.”
    “Excuse me?”
    “The man you’re dating? Damon Kelopatros? He’s a bonafide bastard with no morals and no concern for anyone other than himself and making more money.”
    “Do I know you?” Eva asked, wondering why this woman was talking to her, much less how she knew Damon so well. She smothered her instantaneous impulse to defend Damon and tried to figure out why this woman was so bitter towards the man.
    This stranger looked like she’d been crying for days. She was wearing what had previously been a spectacular cocktail dress with a lovely design in the colored sequins, but the woman had lost so much weight that the dress literally hung on her gaunt figure. In addition, her skin was milk white, her eyes appearing a bit crazed with hatred for Damon shining through their darkness. The woman had made a feeble attempt to do something with her hair, but dirty locks were now hanging down from the clip at the back of her head and her red lipstick clashed violently with the soft purples and yellows of her dress. She looked haggard and mentally unstable.
    “You don’t know me but I know Damon. Or at least, my father did. One day my father was fine, the next thing, Damon Kelopatros had all our money and was gloating about it, flaunting it in my father’s face.”
    Eva shook her head. “I can’t imagine Damon gloating about anything, much less flaunting. He’s a very private person.”
    She shook her head, her eyes sparkling with barely controlled fury. “You don’t understand what a bastard he is! He ruined my family! And for what? Because he wanted more money! How can that man need more? He’s a billionaire so many times over he can’t possibly need any more!”
    Eva stood there, awkwardly watching the woman as she started to cry. “I don’t understand, but there has to be another explanation.”
    She lifted her head and her eyes actually looked a bit crazed. “Don’t you believe it! He ruined my family. Some day, I’ll get him back!” With that promise, the woman swept out of the bathroom, looking regal in a demented sort of way. At the door, she turned back to Eva, ignoring the other women standing in the bathroom in stunned silence. “I’m just telling you this so that you can watch your back. Don’t do anything to harm him or make him angry because he’ll just destroy your family as well.” She looked Eva up and down then said with a sneer, “He probably won’t even need to break a sweat for your family’s destruction. But it will happen. Have no doubt. If you don’t believe me, look up the story of Comicon Industries. See how Kelopatros Incorporated swallowed it all up, then fired my father, destroyed his finances and left him practically penniless.”
    Without another word, the dark haired, distraught woman stormed away, leaving Eva confused and concerned, both about the woman’s welfare as well as her own. Would the crazy woman do something violent to her?
    Her stomach clenched as she thought of something else. Would she hurt Damon?
    That thought was debilitating and she shook her head to clear her thoughts. Damon could take care of himself. He was strong and competent and he had a good security detail that worked any kind of issues that might hurt Damon’s corporate interests.
    So much for a breather, she thought as she pulled her lipstick out of her bag. She touched up her makeup and took a deep breath, trying to get rid of the bad feeling the woman had left her with. She had to go out and face Damon now. As she snapped her clutch closed, she wondered how much of that woman’s vitriol was true and how much was just using Damon as an excuse for her family’s financial downfall. It wasn’t any of her business, she thought and walked out.
    “Fabulous performance! Wasn’t it?” a new voice asked.
    Eva looked at the woman in front of her and recognized