Ashes Of Affection

violations, and quick divorces not for promises disguised as prison sentences. Th

er stomach churn. Her heels made no sound on the cheap tile floo

rackle of old paper and the mechanical clack

uit and thinning hair barely look

ke Savannah Delacroix to be

didn't

d

ed off the wal

nothing came. Her throat tightened, her lu

nah Delacroix, tak

" she

tasted l

odded once,

the state of Missouri, I now

ped the

the sound of the clerk filing awa

Cold eyes. Composed lips. But his gaze was locked on her, and when he stepped closer, he

long to

t beside Rhett in silence. The only sound came from the soft h

oken since t

er ha

e beneath them, a sea of red rock and dus

horizon. The car waiting for them was matte black with t

estate loomed ahead like something out of a Gothic novel. Mod

foyer echoed

o sat untouched in a corner. Art hung like trophies

ack appeared

light bow. "I'm Iris. Head of hous

te. But her smile

nodded. "

toward them. "Your room is upstairs. Right win

rows furrowe

n. He only gestured

s thudding on polished woo

evenly spaced. All shut. No

the end. A sleek

ned the

dn't

omach

d again.

lock. Rhett stood at the end of the

oor c

ah ste

pes. A king bed dressed in white. A vanity. A

urned, the doo

lo

the o

weight, and tonight, Savan

and gossip. Chandeliers the size of small cars shim

ck into soft curls. Diamond earrings blinked under the l

hovered near hers but never touched. His smile was practice

phers called

ver here! Savann

d. But it was all a

power. Politicians. Billionaires.

someone whispered

s of Blair. Dressed in

Blair who fo

eston Bl

nt. He wore a suit that cost more than her

" he greeted, b

d slowly.

He offere

sitated, th

d. Slowly.

ell," he murmured. "For a

you want,

is lips nearly

e wearing chain