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time. It was a simple navy sheath, the most expensive thing she'd bought in two y
e slick with
the screen illuminating a t
ianon Suite. Dr. Ian Foster. He's
f money-a faint, clean scent of lemon polish
n Suite. The heavy wood door was slightly
felt like admitting she didn't belong.
y. It swung open with a s
?" she murmured, her v
table. The air was thick with the scent of cedar and expensive
ut the broad silhouette of a man on a sofa, an
aze. A sharp, cold stare that cut throu
caught in
a physical weight, pressing down on
her voice laced with the bored annoyance of th
ut the man's profile-a hard, unforgiving line from temple
amarcus
x-hus
heeks, then receded just as quickly, leaving her skin feeling col
he table. The soft clink of glass against wood
tion remained on his companion,
e a low, smooth rumble that vibrated t
e. And it was the crueles
h she'd given him for his thirtieth birthday. The one she'd saved for a
. She had stumbled, like a beggar, into her billionaire ex-husband's
ils digging into the cheap faux leather. The small
m Damarcus, focusing on Tiff
r own voice sounded foreign, a d
e. She turned and fled, pulli
ned against it, gasping for air. Her heart was a wi
r stomach was wrinkled from her nervous hands. A
she heard Tiffany's l
his expression concerned.
frantic pulse in her throat. She pointed to the door ne
anon Suite is that one." He gestured to
hone. Krissy's text. Vers
n stupidity swept through her. How
image of Damarcus's mocking eyes from her mind. She wal
e stood up from a small table. He wa
asked. "I'm
ce. It felt brittle, like a mas
t you," she lied, st
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