Norma
loor-to-ceiling windows as I stepped off the
nt of red roses hit my face. My throat constricted i
, our housekeeper, Martha, stood holding a heavy black trash bag filled with the
ll damp from the snow, Martha froz
Jaiden called again an hour ago to make sure the flowe
," I said quietly, holding back a cough as I w
ck suitcase from the bottom compartment, and packed only t
Norton family crest stayed u
pale reflection in the mirror and slowly slid the
ing my penthouse keycard and my Bruins family pass right under
ssed Jaiden's closed bedroom door, which was co
andmade wool scarf I had knitted for Jaiden last mo
onds. Then I turned away without picking
e suffocating scent of roses that didn't bel
stopped by a specialty boutique to pick up a wooden box of rare vintage Darjee
estate. The silver-haired lifetime chairwoman of the International Sports Med
ntly set the vintage
I'm back," I
ses, her sharp gaze taking in my pale fac
rative medicine to play housewife for a hockey player," she s
, and now you think you can just
es. I reached into my bag, pulled out a notebook containing the soft-
ke. Now, I want to take back eve
the dense equations and clinical models, her stern expres
k, she took off her
Emilia," she said warmly. "Your lab coat is still hanging in the inner of
inking back the sud
siness hotel downtown, sat down at the desk, and opened a n
Norto
of my Montreal hotel suite, nursing a mild hangover. Candice'
om the leather sofa, I
ompletel
t by seven in the morning reminding me to take my vitam
wasn't a si
e. She was obviously throwing a tantrum because I hung up on h
personal assistant stepped in with m
She said Mrs. Norton came back to the house early this morning while you were away, pack
silk tie. My brows furrowed s
She was obviously throwing a jealous tantrum because she overheard me t
ly. "With her submissive temper, she
nd someone to
nd have it delivered to the penthouse," I instructed, buttoning my cuffs
cked a suitcase and turned off her phone to p
of my nose, my voic
all her supplementary credit cards immediately. Let's see how long an unemplo
of the suite toward the training rin
/1/134489/coverbig.jpg?v=dcd36c3bf3cc041fa47f1dfcf6ba4ab4&imageMogr2/format/webp)