oor hit the wall wit

head from the tear-soaked pillow. Her eye

me dropped the temperature in the room by ten degrees. He loo

ain. Instinctively, she grabbed the thin hospital blanket and

ive movement. The fire

He reached out and violently ripped the blanke

e dripping with venom. "Destroying yo

cuited. The ringing in her ears dr

mon

ive months? The bab

xactly seven months along. Why would the doctor lie to Donavan? Was this another

shoulders, his large hands bruising her fragile ski

reath hot against her face. "Who were you spreading y

the agony ripping through her heart. Carlota stared into hi

tected. Harper, the woman who had just murdered his actual child

Carlota's throat. The sound echoed off

e. She didn't defend herself. The

pouring down her face. "I'm exactly what you

. His heart felt like it was being sq

hand and pointed a trembl

l cords. "If you hadn't pushed me! If you hadn't cornered me at th

lades. He opened his mouth to defend himself, to tell he

ing his grip on her shoulders. She fell b

ed, pointing at the doo

o, his pride as the untouchable CEO of the Raymond Group, could not h

a cruel, mo

thal whisper. "A woman like you doesn't deserve to give

lood drained from her face. Her lips parted, but she couldn't bre

left his mouth, a sickening wave of regret hit his stomach. But his s

She closed her eyes, completely shutt

afening, broken only by the st

He reached up and violently yanked his tie loo

cable wave of irritation gripped his chest. He wanted to storm out of this suffo

le

He pushed the door open and walked

om Carlota's throat. She grabbed the pillow and shoved it ov

nst the cold plaster wall. He pulled a silver ci

, burning drag. Carlota's dead, h

ked cigarette into the top of a meta

carriage," Donavan ordered his assistant, his v

away, his footsteps ec