A Million Dollar Lie: Watch Me Leave

e king-sized bed was empty and cold. Julian hadn't even tried

ide the sleepless night and pale skin. She chose a demure C

He was already dressed in another impeccable suit, looking refres

unch to tomorrow. Right now, we need to go see your mother at the

odded, not trus

ating them from the suffocating tension in the back seat. Hilary stared out the window, the city

resbyterian for a recurring heart issue. Seeing her daughter and

aid, her voice frail. She clearly adored her son-in-law

placed a basket of expensive, organic fruit on the bedside t

a wave of nausea r

. He glanced at the screen, and his expression shifted. He imme

lary, did you and Julian have a fig

ed, forcing a smile. She couldn't bu

good man. He's successful, and he's been so good to our family. You nee

blow. He already had a five-year-old son

d further, but she just

n hurried. "Something's come u

ek, then looked at Hilary. "You stay and spend some more tim

urned and strode out of the room,

Fitzgerald, arrived. He took one look at the lavish frui

d on her shoulder. "You're lucky to have a husband like him, Hilary. If it weren't for the Carlisle Group, our family would have gone

anet murmured weakly from the bed,

vise, the suffocating weight of their expectat

cuse, and slipped out of the room. She didn't call the driver. An impulse she

on the bank of elevators. She wasn't sure what she w

figure emerged from a separat

as J

left the

her. The expression on his face was one she had

sturing with one hand, a small, in

s partners or the respectful one he gave to h

stomach. She instinctively shrank behind

he turned and walked into a high-end boutique next to the elevat

emerged carrying a small

he VIP elevator and

e body. The phone call. The tender expressio

here, in the same hospital, just on a

r. A wave of dizziness washed over her, and her vision swam with blac