ooper, conceived when Frank had already reached the age of fifty-f

n painfully uncomfortable, and the family regarded h

and taken him back into the family, the r

forced to relocate to the city's outer edges,

ined that her lawful hu

t the past few years overseas,

the marriage, she would have to

pathetic excuse for a man. You don't need to ruin your entire life over someone like him. There are plenty of better guys out there. Dumping a jerk like t

tly came back

husband at all, she was

ainst one hand and turned to look at Mabel. The warmth that had lingered in

has eight-pack abs," she said cool

steering wheel with a sharp motion. "Now tha

k, ultra-short bodycon skirt, a cropped white blouse trimmed with ruffles

were deliberately left undone, traci

r neck, making her smooth

red spaghetti-strap dress that

inside, they attracted countless

floor and beckoned the manager over, a premium membership card held betwee

ve card, nodded at once, and hurri

ulsed around her, she let her body sway lightly with the rhythm, finally

fixed on her

n sauntered over, lazily spinning his ca

scorts? I could keep you entertained just fine," he draw

sight properly, an ashtray s

his skull. Instead, the ashtray sliced through the air

criminal underworld, and he clearly didn't rega

veral bodyguards dressed in black c

"Listen carefully, ladies. Be obedient, and I promise I

cocky thrust and stretched ou

istina slipped aside as lightly as air and

that Alec's mouth flew

down in a swift strike, sending the car keys flying from his grip w

surged forwar

from the table and smashe

ove a kick into another guard's neck, se

face burned crimson as he began shouting angrily, "Call more men

e a private booth, someone l

aura is different. There's no way that's Kristina, that stay-at-home wife. Just

raeden slowly turned his head. In the di

ce of a hunting predator, and as she shifted,

tense over there. Two women against that many men. Braeden, this is you

r from his pocket and, using the chaos a

napped fully open, a dangerou

he knife on the table, its blade glimmering c