Shattered Vows And The Heiress's Revenge

or's bare skin, replaced instantly by t

s movements were efficient, mechanical, and en

d with uneven breaths. She reached out, her fingertips bru

r," she

from the bed, his broad back a wall

he master bathroom. The h

ound of running water echoe

und her shoulders, but the cold had already seeped into her bones. A h

ater, Alistai

smooth, unreadable stone. He didn't glance at the bed. He stood in front of the

e last hour had

sit up. She swallowed th

, her voice barely above a

dark eyes met hers in the reflection of the

e what?"

palm, using the physical pain to ground herself.

A humorless smirk twiste

m. "You want to bring another child in

leanor's lun

ice was a flat, clinical line. "We have Ethan. That i

e bedroom door shattered

aria, the head maid, called out from

He strapped it to his wrist and walked towa

her fingernails digging so hard into

the grand staircase. She wore a simple b

nd of the mahogany table sat Alistair, his

t his mother, E

Evelyn sat five

n, carefully feeding a piece of

he walked toward them, forci

d softly, reaching out to

ay from her hand. He turned his head quickly,

in mid-air. A sharp p

in

apped it sharply against her porcelain plate.

he kept her eyes on Ethan, wipin

"As the lady of this house, you should know the breakfast rules

e of his newspaper. The rustle of the paper was hi

numb. She walked to the opposite end of the table, pulling

wing silence. Eleanor stared at her black coffee.

ls-Royce pulled up to the driveway. Victor Kowalski

her chair bac

embling slightly. "Mommy will t

p down. The porcelain ra

room for argument. "Ethan is staying with me today. I pulled

hammered against her ribs. "But

She finally looked at Eleanor, her eyes flat and victorious. "I am Ethan's prima

a physical blow to the ch

Ethan didn't look back at his mother. He just

set it down on the table and sto

ity today," Alistair said, looking at his phone.

ir. She looked at the empty spa

ital room. Evelyn's lawyers handing over the internal family custody tra

through her chest all ov

g back, the silence of the massive