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ther, filling the bedroom with an
usband, Blaine Lockhart-whose body was tense with barely restrained desire. Despite the tremor in her
s closed around her chin while the faint redness aroun
ed my drink because you couldn't wait any l
t out a q
slipped one leg around his wa
both hands on the mattress beside her. Every muscle in his body tightened as his bre
t downward, deliberately testing his composure. "We've been married for three years, yet you've never
ou
her lips lightly against his neck before whispering near his ear, "Or
ed the last of Blai
warning, he cl
carried anger more than affection, fierce en
pushed against his chest in an attempt to create some distance, but Blaine caug
ed him as he loosened the sash around her ro
wept across her
er tried t
ut this plan, she had already aba
rough the narrow gap and painted faint silver streaks across th
ulders, and her fingernails dug into h
the force of restrained emotion, as though he inten
hur
g as though she had been caught in a relen
falling onto her collarbone. Every movement left her mind drifting
.
r go. Without saying a single word, he got o
nd of running water ec
ed. Every part of her ached as though she had b
reached for her phone. The screen was still dis
EO of Lockhart Group, Spotted Entering Hotel with Ba
ptured the two of them en
s cold as ever while Isabelle held o
ion was filled w
d she's trained in ballet since she was a child
re, haven't they? Maybe they're finally
together. Just ge
of comments. Every message weighed a little heavier
family had arranged a marriage al
become her husband, she had been so h
ver forget. Standing in front of her, Blaine had spoken wi
ruth. Before marrying her, Blaine had
l had forced th
d never tried to change thing
is clothes, prepared every meal, and looked after him with unwav
aited long enough and cared deep enough, one day
onths earlier when Isabell
ersonally went to the airport to mee
turning an already broken marriage into something even more unbearable. Ni
bitterness inside her and forced hers
fternoon. The news article she stumbled across de
armth Nicole had longed for throughout their thr
destroy the fantasy she had clung
for would never come. Since the ending was already
o walk away without le
. She wasn't willing to disappear quie
ut asking for anything in return, and loved him with everything she had. Then Isa
the only one left
, she would make sure Bla
gladly accept it. As long as he remembered her
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