The Stranger I Married

Gideon's mocking laughter grated against the tarmac breeze, heavy with smug malice. He and his cronies exchanged knowing glances, nodding in derisive agreement as they sneered that an uneducated woman like Sloane would not last ten seconds in a cockpit compared to Valerie Montgomery’s professional pedigree. The display of sycophantic sneering was sickening.

Phoebe lunged forward with bared teeth,