old morning air doing little to clear her head. When she f
she shared with Julian. The entire place was a stage, furnished with c
air freshener mad
until it was almost scalding. She scrubbed her skin raw, desperate to wash away t
her skin, his scent-that cold, clean smell
ng on his finger. The one thing she had treasured, now i
r beating down on her, and felt a wave of
e apart just to get revenge on a fam
r opening jolted her back
red roses, a carefully rehearsed l
ast night," he said, his voice soft and p
wrapped a towel around herself and
a sleepless night of shame and fury-and his last bit of anxiety vanis
ve you, Sera. Of course I want to marry you. I just want to b
practiced. A day ago,
st made her
wers. "I'm tired, Julia
ction he'd expected. She was supposed to
on the table and mo
ep back, avoiding his tou
rkened. "Sera, what's your pro
she repeated, her v
jewelry box. Inside was a diamond necklace, glittering under the
ance of his class, that no
ed just last week. She had begun to suspect it, but had refused to believe it-she had convinced herself that Julian was faithful to her alone. But after
, casually pulling out a Van Cleef & Arpels diamond necklace. S
adulterated disgus
he had someone on the side. "It's beautiful. But I think you bought it for th
bought one for Isabelle as well. He had no idea how she
, shutting the door firmly behind her. She leaned against it
a pawn. He was just an obsta
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