off the noise of the street. Annabel sat in the passe
rs she had been holding back finally spilled over,
thena's shaking shoulders. "He is a blind, stupid
er mind violently pulled her back to a night exactly one
he hallway, his skin burning with an unnatural fever. She had managed to drag h
mattress. He had taken her with a frantic, desperate hunger, his body hot and heavy over hers. But ri
touched in three years of marriage. It w
before the sun came up, le
ers drifted down to press flat against her lower abd
't used p
ntly, trying to dislodge
noticing her panic. "
er, her cell phone shrie
. She pulled the phone out. The caller ID showed Martha
ed the scre
he old master collapsed during the board meeting! Th
Maldonado Sr. was the only person in that entire fa
pped the phone, threw the car into dr
in record time. The sterile white hallway was packed wi
rounded the corner and nearly collided with
between them instantly
doing here?" he demanded, his voice dropping to a harsh w
raight to the glass window of the ICU. She stared at the frail old m
He looked grim. "His heart failure has progress
e's awake. He's demanding to s
He pushed the door open.
et room. Cornelius lay on the bed, an oxygen mask strapp
well's hand. With surprising strength, the old man forced thei
ut the moment his skin touched Athena's freezi
ed through the mask, his eyes burning into Caswell
h, but Cornelius squeez
ld man gasped out. "Not until you give
n shock. "Grandpa, that'
est heaved. The heart monitor beside the bed
ped Caswell's fingers tight. She shot him a despera
s shade of purple. He looked down at Athena's gripping fing
entence. He nodded once, a sha
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