. For a long moment, she just breathed, forcing air into lungs that felt as if they were c
dismissed like th
almost mechanical. She grabbed the folded paper from the coffee table, it
ck. She wrapped her fingers around the cold met
The city lights silhouetted his powerful frame sharply. He heard the
d. "Have you forgotten how to knock? Or do I nee
toward him, each step feeling like wading through cement. The oppre
ere trembling, but when she spoke,
pregn
en adjusting his cuffs, stopped. His gaze shifted from he
, broken only by the faint hum of
not even of surprise. It was a low, guttur
them in two large strides and s
t even l
p tug, he tor
or the pieces, but he held them hi
The paper wad bounced off her cheek-a tiny, insignificant impact th
. His cold, merciless gaze swept over her as if s
le whiskey. "Fabricating a medical document just as the contract is abou
the tears she had been holding back now stre
press it against her stomach,
she were contagious and too
he said, his voice cruelly logical. "So tell m
she said, her voice trembling. "Six we
understanding. It brought rage. He didn't see it as an accidental mom
ng into her skin, forcing her to look
" he said, each word a deliberate, calculate
d her ch
errifyingly calm whisper. "Even if, by some miracle, that thing inside yo
stealing her breath. She staggered backward, her hand
ght she knew. But the person standing before her was a stranger, a m
nversation was over. He climbed into bed and pull
d, his voice muff
l, a statue of grief, her heart
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