e P
orning light spilled across the floor, my fingers
s I passed Ashton's discarded suit jacket, that sweet, arti
ollared silk blouse all the way up to my throat, hiding the si
musical laugh floated up from the first-floor
cream sofa was a petite woman in an expensive silk dress, sippi
my nostrils, matching the jacket upstairs a
head. Beneath her delicate makeup, a spark of
orning,
p and smoothed the fron
pping to her bare collarbone. The n
ou doing in
st stair, my voice s
he country and wanted to
into her limited-edition handbag
give this b
auction-grade moonstone necklace gl
er. The image of Ashton's fingers fastening i
g with fake innocence. "Everyone knows he only tolerates this marriage because my mother saved his life,
nstead of reaching for the box,
, keep it. I don't to
later, she bit her lower lip, and tea
me? I only see Ashton
rd, reaching out
sped, jerked her arm back, and deliberately knocked ov
ter across the back of her hand. She let out a sha
happ
charged down the stairs, his cold Alpha a
aight to Charlize, catching her wrist in
ked the glass over by accident
t against his chest, her
nd, his dark gray eyes glari
ss to bring you a gift. Why
arp edge of Dominion that p
ed her. It felt like someone had dumped a bucket o
lay a fing
calm. Explaining myself to a man who had alre
by my lack of tears or argument, yet he ke
Charlize to the gue
me, barking the orde
the opposite corridor toward his study. The heavy oak door was left slightly ajar. I pushed it open, and
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