he decline button. For a second, Evely
swiped
His voice
ed, pulling the towel tighter a
parazzi are inside the hotel! They're in the lobby, trying to get to th
sion in his shoulders turned into protectiv
Please, come back. You're the only one who can ha
n papers on the bed. He was torn. Evelyn could see the calculation in h
there,"
hun
ll stay with you. I'll send a doctor. I just... I need to handle this.
s were shaking, but she
this: if you walk out that
air. He walked over to Evelyn, intendin
sweet gardenia scent clinging to his lapel. It mixed w
e smell o
before her brain reg
ac
ike a gunshot i
nd coming up to touch his cheek. He looked at Evelyn, his eyes wide
t me," Evel
htened his jacket. "We will discuss your behavior
his heel an
ned to the front door slam. She listened to the
ry. She was
n the jeans and t-shirt she had packed. She put on
llars of clothes he had bought her. She grabbed armfuls of them-Chanel, Dior, Pra
hers. Her laptop. Her h
e marble console table, there was
a five-carat pink diamond that weighed down her hand like a shac
e ring into th
oorman, Ralph, looked surprised t
? Do you ne
Ral
ust left. Did
g doors into the cool night air. A
" she said over her should
ar. "Brooklyn," sh
ack at the Vance Tower piercing the sky. She
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