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m the rack, his movements precise and economical. He glanced at the king-sized bed where his wife, Katherine, was stil
gut, a remnant of the night the
marble nightstand. He picked it up
back to the bed, his reflection a sharp
his voice a low, intimate thing Katheri
from the bed m
sion unreadable. She had seen the back of this man for three
e warmth in his expression vanishing as if it had never been ther
anila envelope, and tossed it onto the bed. It l
ine, si
flat, devoid o
ine's
knew. Her heart felt like it had been plunged into a bucket of ice water
. She took the envelope and pulled out the sheaf of paper
sed their three years of marriage from public record. She was to vacate the premises wit
s if closing a business deal. "It's more than enough
without a trace of the storm she guessed he had been bracing for. His jaw was set
t signed?" she aske
noyance crossed
llion-dollar contracts, and uncapped it with a quiet click. Without hesitation, she fl
ument back acros
he said. "
s pressed into a thinner line, and a muscle in his cheek twitched-a tell she recognized. It was the l
and began pulling out her few personal belongings, her movements efficient and detached. A handful of dr
and rolled it towar
and sharp, cut through the air. "Remember the NDA, Ka
a soft, cutting whisper. "Don't worry, Mr. Kramer
clicked shut, leaving Emmett alo
he was alone, the rigid control she had maintained shattered. Her shoulders slumped. Her hand, tremb
zed. A text f
000,000.00 has been dep
a loveless marriage. She wiped the tear from her face. Her eyes, when she looked up at her
t just for her.
Years
Ambrose Medical Center glowed ominously. Ins
We're losing her!" an attending s
nt on the table, a foreign dignitary, was bleeding out from a co
o the OR s
cap walked in. She moved with an aura of absol
et out a breath he hadn't realized he was
a word. Her eyes, sharp and focused above the mask, scanned th
red, her voice calm and clear th
everyone else had missed. With deft, sure movements, she began to repair the catastrophic dam
patient back from
vate VIP lounge, two five-year-old c
fingers flew across the screen of a custom-built tablet, lines
She stopped on a photo of Emmett Kramer at a charity gala. A s
sk. The five years since her divorce had stripped away any lingering softness from her fe
ooking the glittering expans
rce promise echoing in the s
'm here to find
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