The Unseen Scars of Love
her's leather chair, the scent of her perfume still faintly clinging to the upholstery. He reached
s throat, but it couldn't touch t
her, destroyed her, cast her o
ike he was the one w
rk and David, bu
d with anger. "Publicly humiliating your wife? Announc
taking another long drink. "She's a murdere
n't believe Ava would ever hurt your mother. Or cheat on
ing his glass down on the desk. "I saw her hand
h you since we were kids? The girl who conveniently appear
growled. "Both
ure of anger and pity before turning
t, cold mask she wore tonight, but her face when he first told her he loved her.
It was the only thing that kept th
looking garish in the dim light of the study. S
," she purred. "I
s his neck, but
t," h
at's wrong, Ethan? We w
sked, staring
urs, not saying anything, just being there. He had always felt a sense of responsibility for her, a protective instinct. When his mother died, and Chlo
an said, the words tearin
aby," Chlo
he whispered, the question hanging in the
ou're weak," she said, her voice suddenly sharp. "She got u
, he saw a flicker of something cold and calculating in her eyes.
glass and reached
oe's voice was a low hiss. "Even now
of his mother on the wall. She was smiling, her e
is voice breaking. He buried his
The sound echoed
ed up,
you," she said,
rom the room, his mind a fog of whiskey and regret. He knew, on som
ated her for it. He hated her for leav