Saved By The Ruthless Rival Don

Marcus Thorne's money through my design firm, smiled at hi

of our marriage. I though

s wr

, a car lost control and barreled st

't look at

Izzy, tackling her to safe

standing

cold asphalt, my body broken, watching through the haze as

e," she

r up and carried her to his limousine,

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, a shadow fell over

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ur fifth anniversary when my phone buzzed against the cold marble of the v

photo taken only five minutes ago outside

was helping a woman out of his car. His hand gripped her waist

table, El. If you walk through those doors ton

t race. My han

tomach, freezing over the anxiety

myself in

chignon, her makeup was understated but exorbitant, and her dress was

a wife. The perfect tr

nners where men discussed murder over risotto. I had turned a blind eye to the lipstick stains

supposed to

ing to ask him for more responsibil

sed my hand. He had looked at me with those dark, dangerous eyes that once

that promise

, the heels of my shoes clicking sharply against the h

was a blur of city lig

, blinding and relentless. I slippe

om, my eyes immediately

as e

wasn'

phone. No cal

movement near t

y H

event. She caught my eye across the room and didn't flinch. She raised her cham

a mistress. She

nce at the table to cover for his indiscretion, while he

ield. She wa

head until I couldn't breathe. This was the nint

tables to being abandoned in a crossfire becaus

pty chair next to me whil

was t

felt like lead, but

, holding a tray of hors d'oe

said, my voice sounding

re. I kept walking. Past the marble sinks, past the

st the rough brick wall. I gasped for air, trying to

rming then. He had promised protection. In our world

ad l

e buzze

security. "Boss got held up. Emerg

ed by the house to change, he had brushed past me. The scent of

ss," I whispered

ining the diamond earrings he had sent over this mor

t put t

dn't

t from the heartbreak. The pain was

e. "I'm done. Tell me abo

he terrace and dropped the vel

ing back to

ng back to b

n, and for the first time in n