She shivered violently. Instinctively, she curled inward, her

ock. He snapped his head down, glaring

ng the tears to pool but not fall, playin

ast the master suite and kicked open

ive space. Edward held her out at arm's length, his eyes sca

raped over the back was a beige Loro Piana ca

ree hand, and yanked it down. He tossed it rou

of gentleness, h

o the soft cashmer

ot she was creating, but Edward's large hand clamp

a silk square. His face twisted in disgust as he

ruined silk into a nearby was

top left corner of

Hayley's body, pinning her left arm to her side. Before she could process wha

. She tried to kick, but he folded the bo

er once, pulling

mmobilized. A tightl

she was now not only sitting in her own u

essed his own disaster. He ripped the ruined s

one violent motion. The custom dress shirt follow

abdomen were corded with lean, hard muscle, scarred slightly on the left ribcage. She

pulling a black silk robe over his shoulders. He tied the belt loosely arou

red down at the tightly wrapped bundle. Onl

but the cold, calculating rage remained. Someone w

nder the thick cashmere. He lifted

of his body anymore. All she could smell was the sharp,

toward the spiral staircase that led to the mai

. The obnoxious laugh track of a reality TV

Hayley and began to descend the stairs. His bare feet made absolute

system pinged a low warning in h

of the stairs, the living

r feet were propped up on the table, and she was digging her ha

ped on the

ing th

it cut through the noise of

from her hands, spilling across the floor. All the bloo