He Chose Her Over Us

Port

ely registered the short drive to Camden' s estate or the gentle way he guided me into the g

rway, her face etched with concern. "Mr. Montoy

skin. "I' m fine, Clara." It was a lie, and we both knew it. My body felt hea

a small plate of crackers on the coffee table. "Your mother

She had never liked Adrianna, had warned Gregory about her years ago. Part of me wanted to ca

something for me. I want everything you can find on Adrianna Page. Where she' s been for the last five

expression grim.

ered Gregory, waking from his coma. His eyes, hazy and confused, had scanned the room until they landed on m

ered, his hand weak in mine. "You' re the

his past were buried. He had sworn that his love for me was a calm, steady h

d a stable life. His feelings for Adrianna were an instinct, a primal pull h

almost ignored it, but a sick sense of

s a p

and she was standing behind him, her arms wrapped around his neck, pressing a kiss to his cheek. His eyes were closed, a look of wea

The one I' d been una

photo was from three w

int smear of red on his collar that he' d blamed on a clumsy waitress. The nigh

k I wanted?" I had asked, t

ble in his eyes. "Sorry, sweetheart. It was s

The lies. The deceit. The casual cruelty of it all. It wasn' t a recent rela

came through fro

e says the color reminds him of the first t

ft began to fall. I saved the image, the date stamp, the message. Evid

message

you constantly. Talks about how good you

he fin

not with the baby. But I' m betting he will. The moment he' s ready to tell the world

aiming her child was his. It was a lie, it had to be,

t just trying to take my husband; she was trying to annihilate m

eply. I didn' t defend myself. I di

e

ianna Page. But... there' s something else. Gregory just transferred the deed to one of his down

had already given her a fortune. All

bet was already over. I had already lost

the report on Adrianna. Don't show it to me. And whateve

look at the man I had married, one last chance

to watch