glowed but Lia did not see it. All she saw was Ethan,Suit jack
for
arching the bui
. "Reporters are at the gate.
id his voice was flat But
,Now it was just them,
jacket tighter
him,Money, leather, t
He stopped when they were close enough that
you not ?" she moved back, Voice shaky. "Claire just cal
million people." His hand
"Do not say that. Not
lying since the moment I saw you at that
to believe him. God she wanted to but wa
ed like her," she whispered. "How do
Ava never argued with me," he said finally. "Ava never looked at me like I was the villain and the only
penthouse felt too big,To
Et
il his chest brushed her shoulder Until she could fe
e murmured against
acket down, slow,It slid to the floor his finger
asked Voice
to her ear now not touching But close enough that she felt the words more than heard them, "Bec
bone Slow Like he was mapping her body like he w
ng with fire,"
mouth was at her temple. Not a
est without permission his suit was expen
s something precious and dangerous at the same time his ey
e like a prayer and a c
could
rrowed to just this Just them the lies outside did not matter
two people backed into a corn
from hers Lia could feel it th
o pull back the man te
know if she was begging him to kiss h
as his
issed
Hungry. Two years of grief and silence breaking apart all at once his hands tangled in her h
t. She kissed him back,Hard Because she was tired too ti
ked her backward until her back hit the wal
h when she nipped his bottom lip. "
," she wh
arms around his neck as he carried her through the penthouse Past the g
closed behind them
the world
Just the weight of Ethan's arm around her waist and the steady be
buzzed on the
scles shifting under the sheets, and grabbed it.
s clutched to her
r. He just turned
ing 5 million
ws zoomed in but clear enough. Her, Him,The kiss, e
KE WIFE CAUGHT,AFFAIR C
aption: "Ava died for this girl to
ice "That is that is ou
, Pulling on his pants Jaw ti
security system, Internal leak It's not just Claire anymore It's the board. They are
legs shook "So las
Guilt,Fear,All at once "No," he said,Voice low bu
shed."Listen to me," he said. "I can handle the board,I c
her like she was his last breath at the CEO w
ens started,
line of text: If you want to save her, be at the
ulder. Her hands went num
s eyes
ssed her clothes from last ni
ut his hand, she took it.The elevator doors opened to chaos arm
vers, th
Not even for a second. "First, we save my wife."As they stepped
mother. In the hospital bed. Oxygen mask on,And
upport ends unless you
phone It clattere
e steel around her."Do not," he said against h
. Eyes wet but not we
going to burn the whole city down to get her back
ife, Ten cars twenty men all for her.Ethan pr
ed "No more rules,No more l
ey door sl
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