h the curtains. The alcohol had done its job-
lled across the m
ay. She had showered and change
able. He was wearing a dark, custom-tailored dress shirt
r heart started a heavy, rhyth
le floor. He didn't look up. He didn't even shif
posite end of the table, putting as much physica
de. He placed a cup of black coffee an
ked up. "T
loded in her brain. Warning! Out
orced the polite smile off her face,
and shoved the bone chin
sloshed over the rim, splashing violently
cup hitting the saucer e
ly lowered h
. They were freezing cold, filled
f her hands under the table. She forced her
d, making sure her voice s
ocking sneer. "What pathetic game a
eat. She kept her chin tilted up,
ack, her tone dripping with condescension. "I've s
the room. The disgust in Archer's eyes deepe
He slammed the newspap
ollar and tossed it onto the coffee-s
covered the distance in seconds. The phy
ck, to run, but she locked her ankles ar
d both hands on the back of her chair and
r throw another tantrum in front of my son," he whispered, his voice dro
ugh to taste copper. She tilted her head up
ine months," she spa
that held absolutely no humor. He push
nished from his face, replaced by a dark, calculating frown. He couldn't figure out what new angle she was playing, but he made a mental note t
ar down the hallway. The moment he wa
palms were covered in sweat, and four deep
white tablecloth. A heavy wave
ightened her spine, and look
er cup." she o
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