er, the sharp edges digging into her palm. The h
usting his cufflinks. His tone was casual, as if
asily. A slow, dazzling smile spread across her face
raightened his tie, which wasn't even crooked. "Darling," she purred, her voice a low, intimate
ative touch that trailed slowly toward his jaw. It was a brazen move, a l
Adam's apple bobbed once, a small, involunt
ike steel. His eyes were filled with pure scorn. "Put the claws
her stumble back a step. "I require an obedien
e sting of his reject
e. "Felix will handle the Beaumont debt. As
watching the exchange in stunned silence. "Oh, and the medical exam is still
so cruel, so utterly relentless. Even after she had
he shrieked. "
ur deception," he said without turning around. "Yo
monstrous!" Blake
d gestured for the bo
d them approach, a wave of utter hopelessness washing o
his phone
s face tightened with ir
phone. "The press is buzzing! They're asking about a Carli
was it. The fina
no calculation in it. Her face was a canvas of genuine terror, her body trembling, tears s
ng at Edward. Her voice was a raw, broken plea, her eyes wide w
t even Blake, who knew t
's tirade, his gaze fixed on Clare. And for
t resonated with a dark, bur
" he said curtly to
and crouched down, bringing himsel
strand of hair from her face. The gesture was so
ng, probing, as if trying to see
low and rough. "This time... is thi
on. It was a moment of piercing clarity. And in the depths of his cold blue eyes, she
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