Pregnant With My Ex's Ruthless Cousin

ey wasn't

her skull. He hadn't even seen her at the bar. Too busy with

ys to convince her she wasn't the kind of woman w

eys that made her for

eel catching in a sidewalk grate. Pain shot through her ankle-sharp, imm

The lobby swallowed her whole-lilies and money, that cloying scent

tching her reflection in the polished brass. Mascar

ven her months ago-a gesture she'd mistaken for commitment-but her fingers were clumsy

mn

head spinning.

Impeccably polished

broad shoulders, a jaw carved from stone. The face

was

a shattered heart.

k a step forward to keep his balance but didn't speak. Didn'

ng wintry. Similar to Jake's cologne, b

breathed, the words

could lose her nerve, she rose on he

f a second. She felt a jolt of alarm, a brief moment of cl

t through the thin fabric of her dress. He didn't push her away. Instead, he pulled

deliberate, possessive. A current of pure, unadulterated

ressure guiding her until her back hit a solid wood door. There

f the suite. The heavy door clicked shut behind them, plung

hoe landing with a soft clatter on the marble floor of the entryway. He di

ay to the bedroom. The only light came from the floor-to-ceiling windows, where the glittering p

her, became just another pa

pain. A sharp, throbbing ache behind her e

pear of morning sun had pierced a gap in the he

an arm across her eyes. The sheets be

had a vague, fragmented memory of angry words, o

olt upright. Her head screamed in protest. She clutched the duvet to h

ptly. The silence that

ened. A man emerged, a white towel slung low a

and slicked back from his forehead. He walked wi

was n

his jaw more defined, his eyes a colder, more piercing shade of

ovements economical and precise as he fastened it around his w

e flickered over to her. There was no recogniti

e a low, gravelly baritone that sent a chill

neatly folded. He dressed with an unnerving efficiency, pulling on a crisp

of horror and humiliation so potent it made her

k still to her. Without another word, h

ed in shock as he took in the scene-his colleague, Ethan, emerging from a hotel room, looking

ly closed the door, shutting