ound out where he was the same way the rest

s grainy but unmistakable. Reagan, looking devastatingly handsome in

le his other arm was draped carelessly over the back of

ting of humiliation, but beneath it, a sense of relief. If he was busy actin

d he honored it. When Luke arrived that

e asked as they sat across f

re calling this n

e hurt

tated. "Not

asked me to move into one of the mansions. He and I will be

or

d to make sure he doesn't

? That unsettled her mo

You've never cared what happens to me. You won't take my calls, and now yo

dn't bring

anything real. Two years, Luke. We lived together for

r anymore," he sa

use that's where eve

to keep yo

ly

.." he stopped himself, re

hat?" But he

? Whatever you're hid

nce conf

Back then, every time I m

d. He always called her River when

me to stop anymore. Not a

"There are some tales tha

thing hap

he ad

ha

uke sighed, running a

t want me asking questions. He wen

ing to pr

a shouted, her frus

ur father." Rivera blinked,

," she said weakly. Luke looked at her with an expression that ter

d into her pocket and pulled out her phone. "You said yo

en and shoved the phone toward him. It was a phot

e was on it. And another name, Jordan. And look," she pointed to

bbed her wrist, pushing the p

missing, yet you expect me to just sit here a

looking into thi

on with a man who thinks he owns me, and yo

oser. "Rivera, listen to me. Some

e snapped. "He's a person. An

him. 'What do these strangers think they know about my father

upposed to mean

ber. And if you keep diggin

g Reagan, aren't

otectin

father? Tha

ordan. Stop looking for your father. I'll

at the door. T

returned. He's asking for his w

ivera. "Promise me somethi

ha

t him. And if Reagan asks what you

as Reagan. He stood in the doorway. He was still wearing the clothes from the

her and, strangely, that bothered him more than it should. Then his eyes dropped t

almly, far too ca

y that she feared they could

request," Rea

closer to Rivera. "You don't ge

ern you anymore,"

if she's

a man does when he's choosing r

ment. You don't own her just because you took the fa

Luke held his gaze for another second, long enough for the warni

era. He walked toward her, until he was looming over he

ve you been looking into thin

t. Her mind was reeling

when he said you t