lived in a world
his grief into concrete and his fury into a financial empire. He had convinced himself th
lked into hi
rs, Alexander's heart didn't just skip a beat. It fel
backed chair rotated, his
ph
had been replaced by a woman made of polished marble and razor-sharp angles. Her charcoal bl
k was a form of refin
s, I see a project through to the end"-the guilt and rage h
o idea about the blindfolds, the damp cellar, the forged documents, or the week
beneath the mahogany table. He needed to explain. He needed t
room cleared, she swept out like a storm, her hee
ting up the distance. He wasn't going to l
he profile of her face, his gaze dropping to the rapid flutter of the pulse in her
ors chimed open into the marble lobby. "We need to talk about
Mr. Kingston," she cut in, her
with a frantic, desperate urgency. Alexander went to reach f
ceiling glass windows of the lobby c
pressed his small hands against the glass to watch the rai
tantly knocked fro
lexander stared at the boy, his mind violently coll
born tilt of the chin that Alexander saw in his own mirror ever
striking, pierci
ngston
w to the sternum. Sophia hadn't run away because
p as his chest heaved. He took a predatory, desperate step fo
er step, Sophia threw hers
, fiercely protective lioness. She physically blocked his view of th
ew she would have killed him on t
ce piercing Alexander's soul. The boy reached out, his tiny fingers wrap
ng through the boy's small hand, squeezing it with an overwhelming, desperate tenderness.
, my love,"
solute iron tone that made a shudder run down Alexande
er, catching one last glimpse of the boy's guarded gray eyes. That was his blood. His son. A piece of his own soul,
protect them both. But the sheer, unadulterated hatred burning in Sophia's eyes anchored him to the floor. If he
a sharp, final vow as she began to back away, keeping her body
y, watching the only woman he had ever loved walk aw
re consuming him now. Marcus Thorne hadn't just stolen his company and his wedding
, Alexander's jaw tightened, his knuc
s going to tear this city apart, destroy everyo
ter th
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