n rain poured thro
glow began to spread
oes came to a stop within Ara
l night," Greyson said. "Have
rong," he said commandingly. "Go to Corinne and beg h
owly lifted
been radiant now look
voice came out rough. "Greyson, Corinne jumped in
son's eyes fla
nfully into her skin. "Corinne is still lying in the ICU," he gr
terribly, yet Arabella r
ad loved for three years, and in that mom
t believe me,"
l and deceitful as you?" Greyson snig
ckward into the
to a pale, wrinkled wound after being exposed to the rain for hours. Whatever sharp pa
icant beside the emptiness that
Arabella
y made up your mind that I'm guilty, so the
ainst the ground and for
e said, "I wa
Arabella, what are you trying to pull this tim
m. "I'll have the divorce papers delivered to you. From this mom
st hesitation, she hauled her battered body toward the
isappear up the stairs, an unfamiliar se
moment you walk through that door, do
fly. Still, she refu
paid no attention to her drenched clothes an
w changes of clothes, her passport
ry Greyson had given her rem
hand and carefully set it down on the nightstand.
the end of three years of
e through the main gates of
her leave with detached, indifferent expressio
ubsided, but the wind
blood around her ankle had already dried and clotted, ye
ngly hazy, the world around
.." she w
se handle, forcing herself forward even though every st
her streng
la fell onto the roadside, her s
to consume her completely, the piercing sound of s
came to an abrupt
an in an impeccable outfit and
she saw Arabella lying helplessly in the mu
iously. "What the hell did those mon
he frightening heat coming from her forehead, she panicked. "You're b
ed Arabella into the passenger seat, and
.
her eyes, everything around h
infectant immediately o
afted in through a narrow opening between the curtai
ried out. "Thank goo
pouring down her cheeks. "Do you have any idea how close you came to dying? Your fever reached 104 degrees! Your knees and the wound on the
e more than a dry, painful rasp. She reached o
a said, her voice filled with disbelief
tecting him," A
red on her lips. "I... I alre
tened her fingers around Arabella's hand. "Good! It's ab
ed over the h
to call for
w as the sky outside gradually grew darker. Tears quietly sl
or three years, more than a thousa
if she could be good enough and obedient enough,
finally grasp
her, then he simpl
o Corinne, she was nothing mo
adually descended in
s and allowed the grief
her three years of life with
, she and Greyson would
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