THE EX-WIFE HE NEVER DESERVED

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anymore, though. There was nothing that scared me. After everything I had been through, no. As I kept my fingers on the keyboard, the room got darker and darker

uits at the table asked the question, and his voice was full of doubt and interest. That kid was too y

I had just bought, which Daniel had not been able to get before. He trusted me more than anyone else, so I took everything from them before they even

too much detail." "I do not make deals like he does." If someone

I was. How could they? Eli Blake did not exist before now. But Elara? Elara knew all the tricks to

e old Elara move in the quiet. In these halls, that ghost from five years ago was once again moving around.

ly at my presentation and then back at me. "But you need to know that Donovan Enterprises is not any old business." It's

an? He was not even close to what I had become. Not even close to what I wa

I said softly as I leaned back in my c

uld hear them holding their breaths together.

e shaking. "How are you sure?" Yo

t through his doubt like a knife. "

Not yet. I had no intention of letting anyone see the cor

g against me. I was not moving to get a

You are here because you see the chance I have given you." You can see what is going to happen.

t before I could get to the door, a board memb

ver?" His voice was low and almost mean. "Do

into his eyes. "I know exac

in the room seemed to move. The suits at the table looked at each other, bu

ff my shoulders as soon as the doors shut. I was not just Blake Eli. I was now

down. It was not on my mind that I had just left a boardroo

one and looked at the scr

He's comi

ent

y typed a response, my finge

ours. My heart rate picked up, and I got a cold sweat on the back of my nec

l." "H

his empire to notice me. I meant for him to be unable to see the storm I was making. But

rs, I hurried to the exit of the building. The street outside was noisy and full of people, just l

n standing next to it with their back to me. From far away, I could not make out

ward the corner. Stopping running was n

ack SUV leave. A small amount of the back win

an

It was the cold, black gun he was