ne's
ed Ethan to com
w quick strides and grabbed the wrist I was using to clo
lready explain the necklace was only a gift to celebrate Ivy's return? And now you're packing your things
er yet completely devoid of warmth, and a dee
ys treated my pain like some imm
him. Most of all, I couldn't l
et's just too crowded, so I thought I'd clear some of the clot
ment, as though trying to determ
ent he usually expected to see. Gradually, the tension
oice drifted in f
ng a thin silk nightdress, a man's jacket draped lo
pale face making her look like a fragile wh
escaped before I could stop them,
ity, as though he'd done it countless times before. "Some of her fans have been crossing the line lately. They even found the
perly. I don't want people spreading rumors that the Luna of th
anding together, and the whole
ved into our home. And now he expec
bitter smile. "I'll make sur
om beside mine, the nursery Ethan and I had once planned to
verything. He even instructed them to replace the scent diffus
inst my nerves like a blade scraping over raw skin, tear
rced my exhausted bod
amount of heat could drive away th
ed, and dark bruises spread across my chest from the crash. A
ix mor
ix more days, every
f the bathroom through the lingering steam. My vision was sti
against the floor, and m
g down, I fell into a
hile his other hand pressed protectively against the
that always clung to him
nymore?" His voice came out
gling to steady myself. "Shoul
inst him. His fingers slid slowly through my damp hair before settling at the back
eath brushed across my collarbone, sending a shiver through me. "
ough fingertips brushing lightly again
im every weakness I had. He knew exa
o.
owed by his possessi
fierce and possessive, filled with a hunger
from my lungs, as though he wanted to er
down onto the bed, his body
ilk dress slipped from my shoulders, ex
His lips moved slowly down my neck, le
fingers gripped his shoulders tightly, my nails p
ion he created. Even knowing it wasn't real, I still re
hem of my dress, his touch
r, a terrified scream suddenly ra
n, he
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