f the seafood soup at the hea
hed open. Donavon Monroe walked in, bri
ossed it carelessly over the back of
d, reaching out to
t hit her nose. It was a faint trace
leather handle. The movement caused her sleeve to slip b
d to the bandage for
expression remained comple
had been sucked out of the room. The words she had practiced
ir and sat down. He loosen
ce water," he ordere
and to grip the heavy crystal pitcher, her muscles strainin
k one bite of the soup she had spent three
ering against her ribs. She waited for him
ed a pristine white handkerchief f
d out a thick manila envelope. He to
olished wood, stopping right i
d, her voice carrying a faint, barely perceptible tremor as a dark premonitio
as half-laugh, half-sneer. He
voice dropping into the flat, dead to
ft hand. She tore the flap and pul
the top of the first pag
ettlement
blood drained from her fa
bsolute shock at the man sh
elding. "The trust fund outlined in section four is more
chest physically ached. "Why on our t
uine annoyance crossing his featu
Don't try to use cheap emotional manipulation t
rn on her right hand suddenly felt like it was scor
esperately looking for a shred of the w
calculated, defensive glar
inst the table. "Sign it. My la
nuckles turned stark white, the sharp edges of
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