lon
intertwined lust was like rotting flowers and sour musk, a heavy, sickening cloud that completely overpowered the faint, natural smell of wild
w himself backward, frantically grabbing at the tangled bedsheets to cover
r her chest. As she looked at me, the panic in her eyes melted away for a fraction of a
hardwood floor, staring at them with a cold, analytical detachment. My finge
ct that the sheet had slipped, leaving him exposed. "Fallon, baby, wait. It's not
a nervous tic he had whenever he lied-a quirk I used to find endearing
inting the metal tip directly at him. The sheer prox
voice eerily steady, devoid o
s usual charm wasn't going to work sparked a desperate, ugly panic in him.
ing finger at her. "It was her! She threw herself a
d instantly. Laura's face twisted in outrage. She
ears. "You spineless coward! You've been crawling into my be
roared, his face flush
I stepped forward and pressed the cold, hard end of the baseball bat firmly against
my voice dropping to a deadly whisper. "But you were the one who put a ring on
ettled over me like a shroud of ice, freezing whatever love I had left for him. I l
ll overnight suitcase I kept packed for last-minute business trips and the heavy leather briefcase contain
e brass knob of the front door, t
hoing down the stairwell. "Did you know she was com
bbed, though the memory of her w
hoed in my head. *D
ire agonizing discovery made the betrayal infinitely darker. It
ob, pushed the door open, and stepped out into the co
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