d-stained palms against the car window. Her throat burned as

ashing through rainwater

ved her without looking away, as

e men rushing toward her, then looked back at him. Her face had gone pale, and tears clung

d at the corner of

driver pressed the gas, and

.

ar sped through the night, and the kidnappe

breathing. She

the driver take her back to the

hone from her pocket

reen, and she wiped it away

d calls, no messages, not even a

d whatever fragile hope she had

blink away the tears t

fted her chin and met the man's ga

th his long fingers, opened his account

ight after that, she sent thirty

ng her head up to look at the man. He stood a head taller than he

ps as he sent her a message

her own in respons

d at him again. "Thank you for saving

trip," Asher replied b

away, his thoughts

tiful impression, yet beneath that softness li

eft out in the cold. She should

ain stirred an unexpected se

Scarlett's plane finally touc

ed for a ride and headed straight to Sky Esta

t he was still by Roselyn's side, holding her

ved across her lips as ir

on the computer, and printed two copies of the divorce agreeme

into the bedroom and bega

the bed caught her eye, and the sig

nto the mattress, yanked the frame off

as the glass shattered, and broken

wedding photo could never

stepped across the broken glass and p

as the only thing she planned to leave with. Inside, she placed a few washed-out T-shirts, an old pa

had given her to maintain the image

se downstairs and set the signed divorce

k at the entrance b

face. The moment he noticed the ruined wedding port

g, he strode t

y?" Ezra asked, his b

kept moving. "Did you expect me to stay t

ime?" he said, his tone sharp with impatience. "I already told you on the phone. Rosel