lyn, a prickling numbness spreading alon

selyn's voice. "Okay, we'll talk later, Kevin. I'll text you the add

d the phone from Wesley's hand and killed th

rom Wesley. Heat still burned across her cheeks as she spun back, anger tangled with a th

is face as he smirked. "So tell me, how did it feel sneaking around

rm breath grazed her skin, his voice dropping into a slow,

f her head, she looked away, jaw locked tight, the urge to argue burning in her chest-yet no so

ovements. "Doing it in Zoinbury is fine," she said flatly, fingers trembling as she fastened her buttons. "No one there knew about us

bag over her shoulder, grabbed her suitcase, an

, impossible to read. "So that's it? You got

d, heels striking the floor as she fled the hotel r

they would truly stop seeing each

Warren, had taken her from a children's home and brought her into the family. For more than ten years, the Warren family had

their rivalry long ago spilling beyond the

arren family-or Kevin-learn the truth about her entanglement with Wesley. Whatever bound he

eliberately wandered several streets away be

came swiftly. "Wait t

rs slipped by while she obeyed, enduring silence and distance without complaint. Exile followed-driven out of Radena and left to survive alone i

fabric and skin. A slicing gust rushed past, prompting Roselyn to clutch her tre

k Bentley eased to a stop a

er suitcase, and opened the rear door wit

ol gray suit, he wore his shirt fastened cleanly to the collar, every line of him crisp and restraine

t three years. When his gaze lifted to her, a faint smile c

, to Roselyn, he felt achingly familiar and impossibly foreign all at once. Everything she h

control, she dropped her gaze, stepped into the c

the black Bentley eased forward

id down to her foot, brows knitting faintly. His question came low a

k, unease flickering briefly across her features. "It's a

be more

, answering just a

clipped, wrapped in an unmistaka

vibration of his phone cut in, and once he took the

at, hands folded, choosing sil

he car rolled through the

rounds, leaving the mansion glow

followed him from the car. "While you were in Zoinbury those three years, my

or polite obligation, Roselyn curved her lips

he living room, lively and intimate. Standing there, she suddenly felt like an

paused mid-smile, the expression stiffening for a h

selyn from head to toe, appraising. Then, she

Jordyn said, smiling warmly at Sylvia. "This is Roselyn Ha

selyn, this is Kevin's girlfriend, Sylvia