ine
air had been scrubbed clean of the cheap cherry blossom perf
living room, pulling a cashmere
lt clung to him like a shroud. He saw me waiting on the sofa, and I caught a flicker of so
bling purr. He walked over and knelt befor
y single muscle in my body went rigid, screaming in disgust. It felt like being touched by a corp
tiffness, assuming it was just th
and coaxingly deceptive. "I had to stay late for a
li
ged his location. For the past three hours, he hadn't been at a "client dinner." He had been at
bloodshot. I had spent the last hour staring blankly at the wa
hispered, my voice hoarse and
mor of his panic through the frozen remains of our
he lied smoothly, not missing a beat
d" his pathetic excuse. "I waited up for you," I
ed to be the absolute center of my universe. The tension in his broad shoulde
ng his face in my hair. "I'll make it up
ant, forgiving porcelain doll. But my eyes, hidden fr
get out of the house, to go to my art s
is eyes full of fake "understanding." He kissed my
ming sedan he had bought me-the perfect, harmless car
sharp eye on my rearview mirror. A black SUV had been tailing me for the last
istrict, slamming the gas pedal. I weaved through a narrow, crowded alley with precision driving, e
my secret biometric keycard, I entered a private VIP sector. There, parked in a reserved spot,
changing room built into the garage wall. I shed th
eamed authority. My long hair was twisted into a tight, commanding chignon at
ding my fake identity like a second skin, I felt my spine straighten and my gaze sharpen into b
hone it in cutting-edge design. The private elevator took me straight to the top floor
nd Techn
et. By the time I became his Luna, it was already a multi-million dollar operation. Over the past four yea
loor. Hundreds of elite employees stopped what they were doing to bow their hea
Finn Knight-jogged to keep up with my brisk pace. "The server
s Sterling, said, falling into step on my other side. "Gavi
ed a panoramic view of the entire city. From here, I could look down on the
he sight of her husband's betrayal was dead. In her place stood t
was th
l be with him in ten
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