d folder hitting the floor besid
oice echoing from somewhere above her. "You h
slam shut. The electronic lock clicks, sea
est heaving. The bitter taste of th
nt instinct ove
e vase. She doesn't feel the cuts. She stumbles down the hallway, her hands
lain toilet. Without a second of hesitation,
ater, stinging with
craping the back of her tongue.
, tearing sound echoing in the tiled room. Sh
ter, she sees the half-dissolve
tire body shaking uncontrollably. She presses both hand
om her throat
o loved Cayden Merritt died on that living room floor. The wom
the pen lying next to the divorce papers. Her hand is st
lock on the f
when he sees her standing there, the signed paper
u still her
r eyes she used to get lost in
stomach acid. "But before I go, you need to know s
rms, looking at his
et a transplant from an anonymous donor." Katerina stare
s narrowing as he searches her face. For a fr
ping comes fr
s up with a text from Carmella. Katerina can
He tightened his grip on the phone, violently crushing the thought before it could take root. Carmella was the victim here. This was just
pocket. "You'll say anything to stay in this penthouse. Carmella donat
armella had stolen everythin
den orders the bodyguards.
toward the elevator. She doesn't fight them. She just turns h
e lobby and shove her th
and falls hard ont
tly soaking through her thin maternity dress. The cold bites into her bones. Pedestrians hurry p
ms around her belly. She starts walking, her
aybach glides through the rai
the shadows, his sharp features illuminated by the street
rman die?" Elie's voice is a low
ld fingers wrap tightly arou
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