na's

tant, the cold air from the

but stripped of

uffed against somethi

oked

across the tiles, some stil

one up, my fingers

-definition,

ther on a bed, their bodies pre

images lay scatter

N

ef tore me apart

hispers echoe

nd fear, face st

had se

se into her secure ro

he end were for the silent

what kind of mons

ver made for him, every reason I'd

ver me, slowing the

a cruel

ho the k

was Julian's mistr

spital and go

re Julian

at a hote

nce; the soldiers stationed there recogni

the gran

of Cuban cigars, expensive oud, a

ows near the bar,

und

inst a marble pillar, making

wives whispered a

lly going to legitimize his mistress

om Julian, a triumpha

elessly posting a photo of

ian into publicly

d and noticed me stan

ok ashamed,

make a scene, or I'll pull the plug o

as comple

no love. Just a

both hands. Startled by th

tepped around him and slap

ugh the low music, creatin

her reddened cheek, stumb

a boss instin

't defend h

, shielding me with his b

e growled, aggressively asserting

hand, his fingers dig

ake smile for

to the room, his grip crushing my knuckles. "We'

made my

d my ha

key from a passi

lian, I poured it di

is hair, dripping d

," I said loudly. "Marrying y

from his eyes, his ja

gh, glancing ar

missed coldly. "Go home, Sie

alone. I did

er and got into

t," I told

ght to German

an returned to th

mpty house. The sil

n the stov

e line w

d from the hallways, an unknown fear,

en and rushed to the foyer

enn

asn'

the Mat

ew a thick stack of p

r son with cold,

r Rossi families," she advised bluntly. "That

dened, disbelief