ound out where he was the same way the rest
s grainy but unmistakable. Reagan, looking devastatingly handsome in
le his other arm was draped carelessly over the back of
ting of humiliation, but beneath it, a sense of relief. If he was busy actin
d he honored it. When Luke arrived that
e asked as they sat across f
re calling this n
e hurt
tated. "Not
asked me to move into one of the mansions. He and I will be
or
d to make sure he doesn't
? That unsettled her mo
You've never cared what happens to me. You won't take my calls, and now yo
dn't bring
anything real. Two years, Luke. We lived together for
r anymore," he sa
use that's where eve
to keep yo
ly
.." he stopped himself, re
hat?" But he
? Whatever you're hid
nce conf
Back then, every time I m
d. He always called her River when
me to stop anymore. Not a
"There are some tales tha
thing hap
he ad
ha
uke sighed, running a
t want me asking questions. He wen
ing to pr
a shouted, her frus
ur father." Rivera blinked,
," she said weakly. Luke looked at her with an expression that ter
d into her pocket and pulled out her phone. "You said yo
en and shoved the phone toward him. It was a phot
e was on it. And another name, Jordan. And look," she pointed to
bbed her wrist, pushing the p
missing, yet you expect me to just sit here a
looking into thi
on with a man who thinks he owns me, and yo
oser. "Rivera, listen to me. Some
e snapped. "He's a person. An
him. 'What do these strangers think they know about my father
upposed to mean
ber. And if you keep diggin
g Reagan, aren't
otectin
father? Tha
ordan. Stop looking for your father. I'll
at the door. T
returned. He's asking for his w
ivera. "Promise me somethi
ha
t him. And if Reagan asks what you
as Reagan. He stood in the doorway. He was still wearing the clothes from the
her and, strangely, that bothered him more than it should. Then his eyes dropped t
almly, far too ca
y that she feared they could
request," Rea
closer to Rivera. "You don't ge
ern you anymore,"
if she's
a man does when he's choosing r
ment. You don't own her just because you took the fa
Luke held his gaze for another second, long enough for the warni
era. He walked toward her, until he was looming over he
ve you been looking into thin
t. Her mind was reeling
when he said you t
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