Norma
penthouse as I walked off my red-eye flight and pushed open the master bedr
e gowns his PR team had bought to dress me up when needed. Instead, I c
n money and my toiletries, leaving the jewelry boxes beari
resolute face in the mirror and slowly slid the heavy
y side on the cold marble surface, pressing my Bruins s
I passed Jaiden's closed bedroom door, wh
e wood panels. Then I turned away without
off the gilded cage that had trapped me for seven
to a quiet estate in the Boston suburbs-the priv
ass sunroom. Christena sat in a rattan chair, readin
oat latte I had bought o
I'm back," I
her sharp eyes examin
egenerative medicine to play housewife for a hockey play
asic data model on soft-tissue regeneration I had written on the plane last night, and slid it across th
stern expression softened as she picked up
off her glasses
ce open all these years, Emilia. Come back and p
inking back the sud
et business hotel downtown, sat at the desk, and logged i
Norto
ut of the bedroom of my Montreal hotel suite. Candice
as completely blank. There was no customary good-morning text from Emili
to the table. She was obviously throwing a tantrum
and my personal assistant ste
stadium security mentioned that Mrs. Norton ca
silk tie. My brows furrowed s
ely. "With her docile temper, she'l
nd someone to
delivered to the penthouse," I instructed, buttoning my cuffs. "Tha
itated, looking d
orton isn't at the penthouse, and her person
I pinched the bridge of my no
plementary credit cards immediately. Let's see how long
strode out the suite door
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