Ache for your love

Unra

eart race. The girl was gone. Not a trace remained-no clothes, no hint of her presence. It was as if she had never existed. Hadn't she co

alls. Moments later, his right-hand man entered

uppress it without the lady?"

I spent the night with?" Anthony's tone was sharp, his irritation pal

he bed. His eyes widened at the sight of red sta

" Davis murmured,

ony said, his brow furrowing. "I want every detail about that gir

miliar-her voice, the way her touch feels familiar echoed in his mind-but he cou

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angled in a web of confusion and anger. "What do you mean Julian wants a divorce

en what we want from her!" Olivia's voice rose with pa

ed the deal," Nathan said, forcing a smile to mask his growin

or you this morning?" she aske

side him. "What happened to the love and affection she once had for me?" h

hung in the air, heavy with implications. "W

ain as he felt the weight of the conversation. Whe

hy did he react so strongly when she called Julian a bitch? Was he starting t

rrupting his thought

cle? He just returned to the country. You have to atten

anyone know?" Nathan muttered to himself,

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red, glass shards littering the floor. There was Julian, slumped in a chair, a

my house a mess?" Nathan

Just take care of her. Don't drink yourself into a stupor, Juli

t's going on in her life! If you don't know what's happening, how c

on with her, how would I?" Alicia shot back, pull

Nathan's heart raced as he looked into her eyes, searching for a sign

back, and there's a welcome party for him. We have to be there,"

rious about the divorce. Can't we just pretend to be on good terms for the night? After the pa

fog of their turmoil. "I'll go change," she said softly, her

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tonight would be a turning point. Maybe they could put on a façad

the precipice of something much deeper-a re