n front of her apron. Her eyes were filled with helpless pity, and Chloe found it even more hu
aircase. Just as his foot touched the lowest step, C
lia
e a mask of impatience, yet his tone was unexpectedly
one hand reaching out as though searching for the familiar support of the banister. It
he watched her app
polished oak, he moved. His hand shot out and
nd rough, carrying a warning that sent a chill d
xcuse. "Isabelle will be staying on the third floor. It's quieter
orbidden zone had be
ite, blessed with the finest view and the most sunlight, once the sacred place closest to his heart. But now he had given it
a blind woman-confusion, hurt, bewilderme
sharp, crystal clear, and burning with a cold, piercing intensity that pinned him where he stood.
t her focus instantly dissolve. Her irises drifted, rev
moved your things into the master suite on the second floor
rrival for at least a week, methodically erasing Chloe from their
e had to ask it. She had to hear him say it one more time. G
do you
r, genuinely too shocked to speak. Even Isabelle's calm expression faltered for the briefest moment. He studi
though he were finally about
r lips. Her hand flew to her c
asterful p
hloe and her question disappeared. Panic and naked fear
loe's voice broke into
Isabelle up the stairs, he threw one fi
se trouble
a perfectly timed, fabricated medical emergency.
end of the third-floor corridor. It felt as though all the strength had been drained from her body,
She collided with the dining table, now completely cold, and a pla
le rushed forward and cau
the magnificent crystal chandelier shattered into thousands of glittering fragments of light in her sight. In that moment of despa
es widening at the astonishing discovery. She sai
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