Ashle
stabbing into my eyes. I instinctively tried to cover
have a comment on
he man in
ks that had scented blood, shoving
fferson. My husband. I searched his face for a flicker
adable smirk played on his lips. In that in
elp of hotel security, they were finally forced out. Through it a
reporters, her face buried in her phone like sh
. I pulled the sheet from the bed, wrapping it a
e was a raw, b
joke he'd ever heard, letting out a short, sharp laug
nger's. A sharp pain twisted in my chest. "It wasn't
A flash of annoyance crossed his face. "Enough. Do
tossed it onto the rumpled bed. "That's a divorce agree
a year. It was a business arrangement, I knew that, but
," he said, his words like shards of glas
ked toward the bathroom. The doo
to my bones. On autopilot, my bare feet
when I
igg
coming from behind
pped. My he
low and breathy, the way I
ou long
her first," Jefferson
iss. A soft moan. Th
just outside the door. The bathroom door that was supposed to sepa
gain, laced with amusement. "God, s
would be perfect,"
's wife, a cheating slut." She laughed. "The
s voice dropping. "She
old. "She will. Once she sees what's w
y mother?" Je
it. By the time we're done, Claire won't
w, satisfied chuck
t just havi
A long, meticulou
as the
Falon purred. "She's still in love with
d. "She's dumber
ough my veins. My hands were shaking. My legs
me. A small, choked b
ferson
oom door
Behind him, Falon leaned against the sink, her dress straps fallen from her shoul
ated. It wasn't a questio
Falon. My voice came out raw. "
t be so dramatic, Claire. You wer
l. The sheet slipped, and I grabbed at it, de
ning his shirt. "My lawyer will
ng a hand down Jefferson's arm. "Come on,
glinting with pure, undisguised t
me alone again with the wreckage of the room
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