a soft ping as it rea
ox. She walked across the expansive marble lobby tow
tic doors
from a business dinner, bringing a
ailing behind Adelia. His pupils contracted sharply. His
ayer of arrogance. He shoved his hands deep into the pockets of his t
hair and her pale, shivering bo
game she was playing, dragging garbage th
n the way she used to. She tilted her chin
as raspy, but the tone was abso
from his pocket and slammed it down on the plastic handle of her
what the hell she th
the handle. She t
r. She asked him a simple question. She asked why the love
ened instantly. A vicious
ed because he realized she was a venomous
rself against the three-year-old accusations anymore. Instead,
ontact. She enunciat
herself. She knew that for the past three years, he h
ft her mouth, the temperature aroun
s if she had reached into his c
slender jaw. His fingers dug into her skin with terri
ers. He ground his teeth together, h
e again. He told her she had absolute
aw was blinding, but she didn't struggle. She just looked
just let her go. She asked why he chose to torture her with
eyes. A sharp, inexplicable pain pierced his o
p slightly. His voic
ter. He said a vicious woman like her
severing the very last, microscopic thread
rned red, but she force
arm away. As she broke his grip, her fingern
hes welled up inst
oze. He had never expected her to fight back with p
er suitcase again. Her voice w
today, she didn't
tate as she pushed through the revolving doors a
stood frozen by the desk
stared straight ahead at the reflection in the glass doors
eeply into his palms they broke the skin. His suffocating pride acted li
les on the sidewalk. Every step sent agonizing spikes
n. Adelia waved her hand fran
nd shoved it into the trunk, he
slammed shut, her entire body went limp. She collaps
y, Dominic watched the taillights o
his bleeding fist directly into th
it open, smearing bright red
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