Sterl
ofa, the hangover a sledgehammer pounding against my skull.
of her throwing that million-dollar check at my face burned like a f
n, star player for the New York Maverick
was my Ava. She was playing a dangerous game, using her family's sudden reappearance to punish me. She was letting
d to sweet-talk her a bit, buy her a
threw on some designer swe
ncident, and I had no idea if she was even still in that suite. My only hope wa
the way. But the shop was dark, a "Tempor
car and waited. From morning
over me. I was used to coming home to a hot meal, to Ava's
I leaned against my car, lit a cigarette
be just to see her again. To ask her to h
ce was wearing thin, a black Bentley Mul
the Montgomerys, that old-money family fro
ammed again
white suit stepped out. Even in the dim li
who had humiliated me a week ago. She wore elegant makeup, and she carried herself wi
all man got out. He walked around
e, the cigarette f
ck
rival. The bastard who had humiliated me
h Ava? What the hell
g to her in a low voice. Ava just
reached out and tucked a stray strand of her hair behin
n for a second, but
building. Beckett stood there, watching until her back disappe
d, leaving me standing there, feelin
: Ava cheated on me? She broke up with m
aker, now playing in the big leagues with the heir to the Montgo
en. Jealousy and rage, like twin snake
that's what her "resolve" was all about. S
d just stumbled into a fortune. Turns out she was
ow, but the Bentley was already gone
partment. And she was there. Ava
dripping with the fury of betrayal. "Who was that man
just kept packing and said cooll
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