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hirty. The last dish was already place
alf an h
ton dress. Her gaze fell to the center of the table, to the bi
htness coiled
. She never wore expensive clothes. Her husband, A
ed through the silence. Her heart leaped into her throat. S
re a bespoke suit that probably cost more than her enti
ndsome face remained a mask of indifference. He loosened his ti
oice timid. "Atticus, you're home. Ha
oug
His gaze landed on the cake, a flicker
t like it had turned to ice. Cayla Weaver, Atticus's mistr
e injured her leg saving me three years ago. Lost her dream of bein
ut me?" she whispered. "We've b
st joke he'd ever heard. "If it weren't for the despicable m
l from the Rust Belt, should be grateful you got to marry into the St
inger at the cake, a last, desperate plea. "But it's
He walked over, picked it up, and without a moment's hes
the bin's edge, a grotesque mess
at. She lunged forward, trying t
filthy hands!" he snarle
ught completely off guard, stumb
the sharp marble corne
n from the back of her skull as darkness bloomed behind her
a tidal wave-a luxury yacht, the warm smiles of her parents, water
her PTSD and selective amnesia. A psychologist had implanted
act was the key that unlocked
ry. She simply lifted her head, and the way s
of adoration were now filled with nothi
miliar gaze, frowned. "What n
oke with absolute certainty: I am Adah Beaumont, t
ad humiliated her for three
as been toyed with and manipulated like a puppet? And she wasted three full years on someone like that, e
he brushed the dust from her dr
," she said. "Let
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