t sliding home with a satisfying thud. It wouldn't hold I
crinoline cage. She undid them with practiced ease and kicked the cumbersome hoop skirt away. Then, she
iation would enrage him, and that rage would fall squarely on her and the Galvan
milled about, their laughter echoing off the stone walls. She waited for a gap, t
e of the chapel. Two men in dark, impeccably tailored suits stood guard ou
blocking her path with a polite but firm arm.
e directly, her voice steady and clea
spoke quietly into a microphone on his wrist. "Sir, Ms. Galvan is here. She says it
her
d steppe
inside. The room was dim, the air cool
, elegant fingers rested on the armrest, perfectly still. His eyes, the color of a stormy sea, were fixed on her, deep
suit, Riley Page, stood beside him, his expr
ian rug. She stopped a few feet in front of him, deliberately keeping her ga
oke, was like gravel and ice.
he rumors. Or perhaps he
her tone direct.
his features. His fingers tapped a slow, delibe
, lowering her voice.
narrowed
st asks if I take you as my husband, Erwin Woods
searching for any sign of a lie, any
a question. "So why aren't you w
Bonnie said, the words sharp and honest. "And I nee
ion seemed to disarm him. He despised hypocris
sharp, touched his lips. "A
is scene, I need you to back me up. Don't let
e of the church bells began to tol
yer of her pretense, seeing the desperate, determined core beneath. He seemed to b
rd the door. As he passed her
disappo
oulders easing for the first time that day.
neuvering it himself. Bonnie fell into step behind them as they moved to
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