Reborn in Fire

from Ryland Payne had c

ecretary whose husband had once saved his life, appear

red a single wor

he showed up at the memorial art exhibition I had organ

ck featured the longevity locket I

ion, then rushed forward to snatch it back

everyone, and he shoved me down onto the

re internet branded me

speeding through the rainstorm, the little heir of

recklessness, and now she wants to hurt her

, and my gaze turned

time, I decided to

.

on the cold so

entryway as the door flew open,

d in, reeking

the divorce agreement I had alread

eement to shreds. "Elena Andrews, what

ed a scene at the exhibition, and now you're pulling this divorce nonsense!

stench of booze washed over

es and stared

ointed to the tablet on the coffe

yland making a bold appearance alongside his new

, wore a necklace with a small, exquis

ing. How dare you

nd during my pregnancy, crafted by the finest artisan, and i

froze solid, a flicker of

inanimate object. Was all that drama really necessary? Do you have a

imate o

eart like a dagger, the pain so

his phone buzzed

er ID re

earlier rage melting away into softn

'm so sorry... The whole thing at the exhibition was my fault. I shouldn't have wo

ouching

s nothing to do with you. She's the one who

his eyes conveying a silent message. "Look

ou'll have to wait until I'm dead! You'd better behave yourself and stop cro

in which he vanished,

ur limit w

as my late

her, but who

boy, who had died