blackout curtains slid shut against the afternoon glare whil
t the divorce agreemen
without looking back once made his chest feel as
he right to decid
gh and snatched the stapled
per in half, then shredded the halves into doze
mahogany desk. Arthur took half a step back
on his assistant. "Tomorrow's signing goes ahead at nine, but change the terms. I want her travel
s tablet with shaking fingers, col
Lincoln Tunnel and merged onto the coastal highway. F
t the leather captain's chair, her f
tch, her phone
hadn't dialed in three years-not since the night she fough
pils contracted. Her bre
the look on Julianne's face, and quietly pressed the button to rais
s, Julianne swiped the screen and
for three seconds before a heavy,
. my bab
f the West Coast conglomerate Omni Global Enterprises, he was a man w
three years, hot tears ru
ad
a tear rolled silentl
ad once stubbornly gone her own way for love an
ts to marry Chadwick, and because the Blanchards had n
o had simply followed a man away-which was exactly why her husb
ver as Barnard slammed his fist down
Long Island upstarts actually locked my da
w's widow!" Barnard roared into the phone. "Our West Coast private security fleet is already sta
the headrest and closed her eyes, lett
never given up on her and were always willing
t she was wronged so quickly, let alone cont
finally had enough lessons before choosing to contact her-because they knew
the family's people yet, Dad... What they did to me over thes
a beat before letting
ever you want-the entire Omni Glob
ds at nine-thirty, and I want to leave New York immediately." Julianne wiped h
Area is waiting for their real boss to come home." Barnard's voice softened. "Finis
ld the warm phone in her pa
pressed the switch to lo
at ten sharp, decrypt and release all master
he rearview mir
'am, Mis
pulling into the private underground gara
uitcase and locked every piece of jewelry bearing the Blanchard c
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