the dining room
" Dominic's voice was a low growl
stared at Matilda's empty
"Your life? Everything you ha
fear or anger, met his. "Then I'm giving it
rkened. The mention of
red in the doorway. "Sir. Madam. Madam Mat
beneath her. She caught herself on the edge of the table, instinct
mahogany and lined with books that were never read
ez the moment she entered. "As long as I am al
idn't
d it, and placed it on the polished su
n was the te
ic, let's ge
ic: "
id, her voice calm and even. "
the phone, her gaze darting between
is mask of control cracked completely. He had never imagined h
down on the desk. Her fury, which had been a
roared, her voice sh
his jaw tight,
a new kind of pain - disappointment. "Have you forgotten wh
d you? The words echoed in her mind. Another pie
. "Seven years ago, you knelt to avoid your duty for her! Now, you agree to a divorce
ez saw Dominic flinch. She saw him, cornered and expose
tion. Only a profoun
She just wanted to l
her hand trembling with the urge to throw i
u now, as long as I draw breath, Alona Zimmerman will ne
gaze back to Inez. "And you.
out flinching. "Then I
and walked out of the study, leav
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