fascinated the public even more than his return was his marriage. A wife no one

tery b

he most unattainable b

is

etween her hands, while the television on the wall dissecte

own to the social elite circle. Everyone is eager to finally meet the woman who finally took the world's m

d for this attention. She hadn't even wanted the marriage. Yet somehow,

nks, had been missing. She hadn't seen or heard from him since her marriage. When she was in Italy, her int

. After his business collapsed, he turned to drinking

was her only real chance. He had the resources and the po

in work. When she walked in, he barely

d if you keep that up," he spoke without

her pair of eyes on your forehead,

leather chair. "Feisty, huh? Has anyone to

compliment or sarcasm, since he d

you for somet

What i

support to find my father. He'

changed so fast it startled her. The calm vani

say?" His voice f

den tension. "I haven't heard from him in years.

ar his name again. Not in

y father. I'm only

sk about him. You will not mention him. Did I make myself clear

d. "Reagan, I don't under

understand. You o

putation. This is my father we're talking about, not some beggar on the streets. I

re." His voice was so emotion

e's been missing since I marrie

tinctively. "You will forget he exists. If you value you

is? What did he do to you?

abruptly, his fists

an pl

!" he th

wly stepped backward. This

last time. "You can't erase him from my lif

didn't

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sense. Why would the mention of her father enrage him like that? She

nt. Reagan was out, so the servers retired early. She

urned the handle. It opened. He didn't

kly. She checked the desk first, there was

ancial. But in the very back of the bottom drawer, tucked inside

rk ink, was the name: ROBERT BANKS. Below her father's name, connected by a dotted line, was a name she didn't recog

pulled out her phone and

wo years she spent in Tuscany with Luke, and her father's disappearance.

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ed to fi