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index finger aga
To
ated, a low hum that rat
med Sloane who had booked this session three days ago-leane
won't answer my calls. His office says he's on a business trip, but his as
d glowed faintly, then faded. The GPS dot on Sloane's phone blinked red on the table betwe
na said, her voice flat.
ough relief, confusion, and then a cold, dawning horror
oat, masking the flicker of golden light receding from her eyes. She had only taken this high-paying divinat
her Birkin bag from the chair. Th
swallowed hard, her bravado crumbling. "Could you come with me? Please?
wn with a soft clink.
desperate, rimmed with the kind of raw panic Elena had seen a h
ower card still lay face-up on the table bet
ena said.
or. Elena followed at a steady pace,
a message
me for din
sage showed delivered
w had sent her was over a month ago. A single word: Busy. Before t
was always in meetings, on business trips, tied up with urgent corporate mat
he phone back into her clutch. Her face revealed nothing. This
eavy. The bass from the music inside hit El
ront of them. He opened his m
American Express card
on vanished. He plastered on a
ough the smoke, flashing across Elena's pale face. She hated thi
t the music or the crowd. She he
behind her, h
ed inside. Sloane lunged forward, her hands flying toward her cheating husband,
pped in t
through the half-open double doors of the adjacent luxury suite, roo
and be
w's c
The muscles in her abdomen
half-open door of room
ter of the plush leather
in a shimmering designer dress. K
g a mouthful of expensive red wine between her lips. Andrew leaned down, pressing his mouth dir
ucous cheers and vulgar whistling
uple drinks!" one of his rich frien
care about that Appalachian hillbilly you married? So what if Elena is the biological Frank family daughter who grew up in s
y doesn't mean she belongs here. She actually thought she could steal Andrew right ou
to the stomach. Her entire body shook wit
ay she stole him? Two years ago, when the Frank family found her and brought her back from the mountains, it was Andrew who had
om scratch, ironing his expensive shirts, and silently swallowing the daily,
birth, stolen her wealthy parents' love, and robbed her of twenty years of luxury-ret
welled in her eyes. "Andrew, stop," she pouted, resting her head against his chest. "I feel so guil
, wiping the wine from Kaitlynn's c
voice slicing straight into Elena's chest. "She's dirty, uneducated,
clearly saw the corner of Kaitlynn's mouth
stroking Kaitlynn's hair. "The lawyers are drafting the divorce papers right now. Next week, that use
throat closed up with p
forced air into her lungs
the years of foolish devotion were comp
r foot and kicked the heavy double doors of ro
She stood there, completely expressionless, her au
d in his eyes for a fraction of a second. Then, his jaw cl
c of his suit jacket like a terrified, helpless child. But her eyes, st
uffs and glared at El
" he snapped loudly. "Are you stal
ut a short,
with red wine, then at Kaitlynn
r voice flat and loud enough to cut through the entire club, "you could
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