ng gaze. He lowered his eyelids, remaining silent and detach
now, standing there in the dim light, he looked like a
row, and his pristine, wrinkle-free white shirt. Most of all, she hated that
voice. "I came for one thing. Tell me
you do t
sor
a beat before utteri
alt rubbed into Chloe's bleeding heart. The pain
shell of herself. Liam watched her lonely, retreating figure. Despite the ice in his
of her," Li
r today, Liam. Since you chose to throw her awa
ng apart, a raw, gut-wrenching sound that filled the car. Justin said nothing and
Wate
ushed in, mixing with the rhythmic sound of waves crashing
ing. Only when her tears finally ran dry di
don Jay's younger sister. She and Liam grew up together. Seven years
new tha
was the leverage used to keep Brandon and Liam in line. Liam spent years searching fo
't known a
od swee
Jay. Brando
ears, Liam had lived a lie, and
f-deprecating laugh. Her tears fell like rain on white petals-a sight that would break anyone's heart. "I was the o
uilt in his eyes. She saw debt. She even
For six years, she was the only one playing for ke
her life on Liam's loyalty. She had told them he would make he
e, I'm sorry. I've failed you. But the truth i
side through the madness, the darkness, and the climb to the
t memories were now revealed to be nothing m
gets there first." Chloe's voice was a ghost of itself. "With one
I fell for his 'devotion' hook, line, and sinker. I loved him with everyth
Liam had played the part of the perfect, honorable gentleman. He insisted on waiting until their wedding
d trembling. "He didn't refuse to touch me because I was
ears were no longer enough. Chlo
was beginning to leak through. "You lost him, but you still have us. You have
shoulder and closed her eyes, exhausted
ired. Truly,
low and steady did he dare to lift a finger, gently tracing
ry of
eep. In her dreams, her past wit
thrown her a massive, glittering birthday gala. H
shops were a one-child family, her father, Charles, was worried she wouldn't be able to carry the weigh
lcony that night, scanning the crowd of boys aged
triking teenager. "What about him? Out of a
. "That's a boy from the Grayson family. But the Grayson
expressionless face. Even at nineteen, he possessed a maturity far beyond his years. He was t
er had grown up under cold glares and hushed whispers.
nother candidate. "What about him? They say he's a Ma
ed. "A Martin
ing under the
nally spot
jade. With the white magnolia blossoms above him, he looked like a painting brou
rles's fro
fully. "I heard he's top of his class.
ituation is even worse than the Graysons. Beside
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