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for coming. Please be
until her cheek
hutting out the blaring jazz music and the suffocating smell of expensive ci
ies, she personally folded t
begun to tug at his tie, loosening it with a stiff, impatient motion. There was no relaxation in his postu
estaurant, holding two ha
sharp white tooth. "Another perfect party
as fixed on Conrad's back, lingering on the way his shirt clung to his shoul
e poured himself a glass of Scotch whisky, the ice cli
. Her perfume-Estella's signature scent, the one Conrad had give
her voice more steady than sh
witch of her lips, but it was there.
living room. The silence was oppressive. She looked at the overflowing ashtray and the condensation on the ant
it. She's always
oo much on these occasions, and if she didn't make him her special soup, he would always wake up with a splitting headache. It was a ritual. Her fin
r plate. She climbed the stairs, her heart beating slightly faster. Perhaps tonight, after t
m sunlight streamed into the hallway. Estella, carrying
made your
stuck in h
d over the rim, scalding her wrist, but she didn't
essing table, a white towel loosely wrapped around his waist. And
, she went away on her ow
er. Conrad's lips were on Yana's neck, his hands gripping h
er head back on his shoulder. Her eyes were open, fixed on the d
the floor echoed like a gunshot. Porcelain shattered, and
mpt to hide himself. He offered no apology. He simply looked at Estella, his
as hoarse and grating. It didn't sound
calm. Too calm. He reached for a bathrobe, casually put it on, and
didn't hide. She walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, crossing
, waiting for the outcome, waiting for him to
from her, looking down at her with a look of utter disgust that made her naus
ysical blow, sucking the air out
sing a business merger. "The Lowe family needs to forge a strong alliance with the Nieves family. You're just a subs
om falling. She looked at Yana, who was idly examining her fi
should be ashamed. Do you really think your little soups and party plans are enoug
en turned it towards her. It was a document. A legal document. "I don't want to play games an
e marriage was dissolved. It was all over. Her entire life, her e
rning cold. "You can sleep in the guest room to
to Yana. Yana leaned against him, placing her hand on his thigh. They l
est room area. She didn't remember closing the door. She just stood in the dark, empty
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