THE EX WIFE'S RECKONING

, but Naomi barely felt it as she stepped forward, her heart hammering against her ribs. She shouldn'

he dim light, his presence commanding as ever. The city lights cast s

, hands in his pockets, exuding effortless co

r sides. "What do you want

." He took a step closer, his voice dropping. "I wanted to see for mysel

el into her voice. "We had n

s head. "Then wh

effortlessly pull at the strings of her emotions. He always knew exactly how

you're bluffing about som

pocket, pulling out his phone. With a swipe of his thumb

, a chair, and someone tied to it. Their head wa

's br

over her. "You bastard," she

hisper against her ear. "You're going to listen very carefully, Naomi. Because f

she didn't struggle.

her skin as he let go. "Now," he said, tucking

cold, calculating eyes. He had always been dangerous, but this? This

amian?" she asked ag

e right question." He said, leaning in slightly, his

never going to happen, you

u think you have a choice, but you don't." He tapped his pocke

s clenched.

but the distance felt like a trap rather than a reprieve. "Here's how this is going to be. You come back to me. No more run

d walk away, but the weight of Ethan's brothe

asked, though she al

nd to everything. And I promise you, s

eeded to find a way out of this, to save Ethan'

mi?" Damian asked, his pati

nt, then I'll come wi

ed with triump

han's brother g

hone again, tapping the screen. A voice crackled through t

she just had to figure out how to destroy Damian

suffocating. The city lights blurred past the tinted windows as she sat rigid in the plush

his knee, watching her with unreadable eyes. "You'r

e they could turn the tables before it was too late, she also thought about Ethan, but he had his security detai

e engine fading as the doors locked with an ominous click. Damian stepped out f

d out on her own. She felt she

rlooking Central Park, sleek black leather furniture, and a bar stocked with the finest

ked, pouring h

et's just get this ove

d in his glass. "Always so impatien

hall. If she could just get her hands on his phone, find o

And she wasn't g