Love Crumbled, But Her Brilliance Shone

shed over Jayden as hi

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or two to actually proce

dress, she hardly looked like the qu

to Cathy," said Marissa, catc

h show in a practiced smile. "I'm honestly surprised she went all o

little closer to J

she saw instead was a fierce fire burning in Cathy'

y buy the whole story about her being Phantom Healer's apprent

tone dripped with irony. "That's a lot more than I can say for you. You're the rea

t private room from last nig

the first time, Cathy didn't try to

k. It was like she had vanished - no

e she was, trailing after hi

sneered, "Don't tell me you're abou

n - trying to justify

osie Thorpe, made sure Cathy was persona non grata at t

t to dodge security and slip in disguised, de

f him, she had nothing to p

. Thorpe, once the divorce papers are si

showed nothing but reso

at him. Why did she suddenly seem so magn

I'm not going to fall for this

ind, Jayden wondered if Cathy had

g before him was who sh

n a voice thundered across the ha

hrough the cro

d the entrance. Cathy stopped, curiosity flicker

first on a polished pair of black leather shoes

ed his long frame, sending a subtle energy through

eady to burst out of his crisp shirt, the fabric

ulders and sculpted waist, m

d herself looking s

oat, and for a moment, every

it have

res, but it was his eyes - intense and

ces reached her ears, buzzi

er thought he'd look

He's brutal when it c

e leader of the Umbra Expa

completely thrown b

ne seemed to comman

t hit his familiar face, Cathy's

w

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