The Glass Slipper: A Cinderella Novel

Lane is particular as fuck and can’t ever seem to get his backpack organized just the way he likes it which nearly always makes us run late. He’s the most neurotic kid you’ll ever meet. Noelle—or No-No as we like to call her—is a monster. Three and a holy fucking terror. Even the baby, Tuck, nine months old, is better behaved than his sister

Cinderelliott,” I rasp out. “I love you.”

Her sobs slow and she chokes out a teary laugh. “I hate you.”

“Wrong answer.”

“I’m hanging from the side of a building and now you tell me?! You’re the biggest asshole I know!”

“I wanted to make you work for it.”

When Ash revealed Nate seeing someone, I was surprised. He’d never mentioned it. Now I know why. His baby was Meredith

Was Maggie a part of this rat conversation?”

Her lips thin. “Who?”

“Don’t be ridiculous, Mer. Maggie. My teenager girlfriend’s dead mother. You know the one. Your bestie is now married to her husband

You can have all your grandmother’s old, old money. Your entire inheritance.”

“If?” There’s always an if.

“Marry a Morelli.”

All the blood drains from my face and the room spins. “W-what?”

“According to what Ulrich and Anthony uncovered for me, you’re able to have your inheritance if you take the same deal your mother said no to. Marry a Morelli.”

Manda Mannford was one of Vincent Morelli’s young mistresses while she was in college. It took some digging on Ulrich’s part, but he produced photos of the two of them kissing and handholding, many hotel receipts, and monetary gifts to Manda all around the time she found out she was pregnant.

Keaton smirks at Winston where Perry just grins like an idiot at him.

“Don’t,” Winston growls.

Perry laughs. “What? I didn’t say anything.”

Winston shoots both his brothers a fiery glare. “Don’t look at me like that.”

“I’m just smiling,” Perry deflects. “Not a crime, Winny.”

Man, it wasn’t like that,” the motherfucker says from behind me.

I release Ash and pounce on him, gripping his now bruised face in my punishing hold. “You touched my fucking girlfriend?”

The man whimpers. “I…n-no…I…”

“Give me your phone,” I growl. “Now.”

Can’t have that now, can we?” Caroline murmurs. “Your brother works hard enough the rest of you don’t have to.”

“But he does work hard,” I can’t help but defend. “Perry’s smart and dedicated like Win is. This isn’t some blow-off job he got because of his brother. He enjoys it and is really good at it.”

Layla doesn’t say anything until Meredith walks away. “Was this some strange attempt to use me to make your ex-girlfriend jealous?”

At this, I laugh, genuine and loud. “The only jealous girl right now is Manda’s stepdaughter