The Discarded Ex-Wife's Glorious Fragrance Comeback

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liced through the dead air of

orted Persian rug. Her mother-in-law sat rigidly on the center of the white leather sofa,

al papers and slammed them down

he polished surface. The harsh scraping s

" Meredit

ked down. The bold black letters on the hospital letterh

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raw a breath. Her eyes widened,

ing into a vicious sneer. "You are useless. You have zero

so hard she tasted the metallic tang of blood. She was p

eiling window, Ju

mask of pure ice. There was no warmth in his deep-set eyes. He swept his gaze over her pale face

a thick, leather-bound fol

n on top of it. The metal clat

d. His voice left absolute

e bold heading: Divorc

like it would burst. The edges of her vision burned. Her eyes grew hot and wet

dead, emotionless eyes. She searched frantically for a flicker

g. Just a cold,

r voice shrill. "Don't drag this out. You don't dese

throat. She forced the humiliation and the crushing grief do

e broke acr

d picked up the he

king she had won. Juli

raised her hand and slammed the pen down on

ristine white paper, staining the divorce clauses. She lifted her

p jawline instantly went rigid. He did not like this. He expected

but laced with venom. "I'll leave, Julian. But I am not taking the b

e sofa. Her face turned

She lunged forward, raising her hand

in mid-air. Her grip was like a vice. She shoved the older woman's arm away viol

tance between them in

t Seraphina, his chest expanding as he breathed in. The

hina," he warned, his voi

ngle step back. She met his oppressive glare head-on

deliberate

nned against the lapel of his custom suit. She fel

low only he could hear it. "Are you trying to hide the fact that you

breathing

ed. His large hand shot out and clamped down hard on her slender waist. Hi

her mouth hanging open, completely shocked by th

, but she ignored it. She leaned

y as a husband?" she provoked, h

ut a dark, f

k, he bent down and hoisted

phina shrieked, hit

heel and strode toward the master b

" Meredith screamed from the l

eavy oak door shut right in his mother's face. The loud thud

ive king-sized bed an

ngs bounced violently. The room spun aro

sing it to the floor. He stared down at her, his chest heaving. The raw, primal urg

A brief flash of panic hit her stomach, but it was

ng to be the v

e collar of his shirt, and

violent collision of teeth and tongues. The dim light

napped the last threa

ant, impenetrable armor, threatening the very core of his masculinity. The air in the room seemed to drop ten degrees as a dark, primal fury flooded his veins. He pinned her wrists to the mattress. His grip was unyielding, iron bands locking her fragile bones in place as he lea

into a dark, uncontrollable abyss. Seraphina lay trapped beneath his overwhelming weight, her mind spinning in the chaotic darkness. The physical pain was eclipsed by a crushing realization. So he wasn't impotent. He ha