floor, then at the blood beading on his
devoid of any emotion she recognized. It was t
ut this?" he aske
ack ramrod straight. She didn't
g happens to Seraphina," he said, the words c
hest, but she just lifted her chi
e leather shoe grinding shards of glass into th
from the sofa, the fabr
choing through the cavernous apartment. A moment la
s gave out, and she slid down the side of the marble
ng clap of thunder. Eleanor cried out, a small, choked soun
the marble seeping into her clothes. Julian's icy
a low grumble. Eleanor used the cabinet to
ad cooled, the fat congealing into a pale, unappetizi
he entire meal, plates and all, into the bin. The clatter
pers Julian kept by the door and, one by one, k
he spray without waiting for it to warm up. The cold water was a shock, a pu
d into the living room. His phone, he'd left it on
otification. A push alert
CEO in Late-Nig
mbled as she t
was unmistakable: the entrance of Mayfair Private Hospital. Rain w
st his body, was a woman. Her face was p
aph
ive heir to the Sterling fortune was maki
d at the hand Julian used to shield Seraphina's
t his pale skin, was the fresh,
nd so violently it choked her.
r mouth. She barely made it to the toilet before she wa
Only sour, bitter bile that burned her thro
e the sink. Her face was ashen, her eyes wide and haunted. The
he stared at the stranger in the mirror, a decision formed in th
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