pital, she took care of every discharge form h
room as she entered. By the window, Austin
gh he were comforting the person on the other end. When his head
lt. For a few seconds, she could only
t like too much effort, let alone lowering herself to ask why he'd
the point
d leave. Before she could get far, Austin called after her,
oftened his words. Al
acks, though she made
ing off her way. "Is this about me not answ
sage she'd sent. Ignorin
er palms, but not a trace of emotion
lent treatment, he forced himself to explain. "Look, I've had a lot going on lately
s? Who else could
ome prepared with t
g almost imperceptibly. "I get it. This fri
slipped past him and start
Why do you keep throwing these little digs at me? I already t
atti
idiculous that Emma nea
close to losing her life
nerve to act as though
she knew so well. Strangely, everything she'd
hen, in a low but unmistakably steady voi
gaze hardened as he studied her expression. "Quit this nonse
another argument. "This isn't
hed past him and ma
ould look like without me, Emma? You've sp
me to a halt
eaction. "Forget it. We'll act like this conve
d the brief flash of
What I do with my life from here on out has nothing to do with you. I'll get t
ead. He was about to respond w
e tension vanished from his face.
d him. "Austin, my stomach is killing me...
atures. "Don't move around,
a rush. "Something's come up. I have to go. We
the front door
hered to look her w
a car engine. Moments later, even t
r railing, her fingers
t even tried to talk her out of it. Instead, he had rush
d without Austin
ave. With the divorce papers left behind, she
jaw and kept going, forcing herself forward one pai
ached the street tha
est friend, Melanie Foster, g
ack? It's about time! That bastard Austin
s. The moment word reached her about everything Emma had been t
handed over the rights to your one-of-a-kind patent just to bail him out! Without you, Edwards Group wouldn't even be around today! And that wasn't the only time! Whenever he ran into something he could
d boil. Finally, she snapped, "Emmy, you n
now. I'm taking back everything that belongs to me, too. After everything I've worked for, there's no way I'm letting those
er been all sh
ing, exploring artificial intell
key members of the Apex Alliance, a prestigious internati
her extraordinary talents without a second thought,
ng. "Oh, Melly, remember that big investor you told me about? Th
but I though
eady t
realization hit, and excitement spilled into her voice.
s face as she glanced back at the ho
o me, I'm getting it back. Piece by piece. And I won't
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