ike a burning piece of coal
sh of deep humiliation crawled up her
he threw it as hard as she c
raight out of the air. His grip was so violently tight that the leather cover audibly creak
shook with raw anger. "I am never
" Julian lun
ither side of her hips. He caged her completel
hen you climbed into another man's be
at night, of the agonizing sacrifice she was forced to make to keep her family from t
e skin broke. She swallowed the painful truth down. Sh
is exactly why I have a fianc
in the car dro
from Julian's face. A violent
n on her ribs. Even through the wet silk, his pal
ike a curse. "You think that useless trust-
's finances were a mess. But she would rathe
usiness, Mr. Hawthorne." She pushed both hands against his hard
owered his head until his lips br
ink I am going to let y
mint and tobacco on his breath. Her
suddenly beeped. Gus's voi
rsection is cl
her strength. He was distracted for a split second, and she man
e subway station!" she yelled
watched her scramble like a terrifie
dered into the interco
rance. The locks clicked open. Evelyn shoved the heavy
beige Burberry trench coat had slipped o
p her. He watched her thin, soaking wet figure disa
ooked down a
The fabric still held the warmth of her body. It sm
ed his eyes and inhaled deeply. His Adam's apple bobbed h
s and pressed the
s accounts. Cut off every single
from her hair onto the dirty floor. People stared at her ruined
million-dollar debt. Preston's uselessness. It
the door to her cheap apartm
e she could even reach for the light switch, her pho
mail from her company's HR department. Evelyn knew the firm had been desperately
Group has been finalized tonight. The new acting CEO, Mr. Julian H
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