lia
d smoothed down my simple black dress. Then, with my
block my path. "I'm sorry, m
rd from my wallet. "I'm Emilia," I sa
immediately stepped aside and opened the d
as filled with Chicago's sports and business elite. It was
olding a champagne flute, acting every bit the lady of the m
hrough the crowd. Whispers
ilia? What is
. The tabloids were all a
brow instantly furrowed. Soph
straight to the bar and
shock of red hair making him stand out. He watched me with
. "Looks like tonight's a
sip of the whiskey. The burn w
her voice a venomous hiss. "Emilia, what are you
t my voice level, but loud enough for those nearby to hear. "As Blake's
e a bomb. The whispers around us g
hed. "But... you'r
I started walking toward Blake, the crowd parting for me like the Re
front of him, at the v
blazing with a si
ld the divorce agreement out to him. "Sign it. Then you can
ir mouths agape. A public divorce demand at a victory
mage of the returning sweetheart, the rightful queen, shattered into a
red at me, his voice low and dangerous. "
more sure of anyt
he red-haired Ranger, Rhys Beaumon
as gone, replaced by shock, then confusion,
the papers a little closer
spered, my voice unwave
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