eadbolt echoed in the quiet room. She collapsed onto the edge of the

e screen, then mindlessly

hotograph. It was a picture of her mother, taken years ago under the Broo

niversary of her

hout you. I'm trying to be strong for Dad, but ev

o be visible only to

t of panic and the lingering smell of the workshop. She needed to wash the day off.

k. Thick, heavy steam quickly filled the small space, fogging up the mirrors. Under the roar of the water, Aimee finally le

earnings report. The numbers on the page were blurring together. His mind kept flashing bac

il from Clara. As he unlocked the scre

tification. Aimee's p

. He read the caption. I'm trying to be stron

e remembered the suffocating pressure of his own family trust, the way he had been forced to sacrifice his own freedom for the Fox empi

ption form from his desk that required her signature. He s

wer. Assuming she was asleep, he t

room, intending to leave

d of running water stopped. Th

ng a massive cloud of thick,

steppe

white hotel-style towel that barely covered her. The hem stopped dangerously high on her thighs. The

is head, and his eyes coll

ly. The breath was violent

towel in a death grip. The sudden movement caused the bottom of the towel to hike up another i

heat flared in his lower abdomen. He immediately avert

s completely unrecognizable-rough, gravelly, and strained

r face burning so hot she felt

oward the bedroom door. His

pierced through Aimee's blinding shame. Logic violently overrode

acking with a desperate, raw edge. "Please, Cameron. Just this we

deep, shuddering breath, forcing the vivid i

his gaze firmly fixed on the wall a

its usual cruelty. "I will do this exactly one time. P

y a dizzying rush of relief. Hot tears spilled over her eyelashes. She nodd

n his chest again at the sight of her

n't turn around. He kept his bro

ed, the words sounding awkward and foreign on hi

oor clicked shut. Her heart, which had been racing from fear, suddenly skipped a beat, f

tly deleted the post that

er reading the post?It seems that he is just indifferen