vie

It hung there

ep forward. "T

impassive face to mine, her eyes wide with a panic I'd never seen. This wasn't a drama she could control. She was looking at t

whispered. He

ed slightly in front of Jovi-a protective gesture of a devoted lover shield h

his position. Her s

one standing beside

issa?" His gaze burned into

ed. Quiet. C

the inch of space between Zane and Jovi. "Are you here as her marri

u don't get to tal

o not get to question my employee after you were caught with

se. Nothing happened with Zane. We were jus

almost escaped me. I saw the same disdain flicker in Va

" He held out his hand, not to take hers

ane's jaw tighten, the conflict in his eyes. the need to protect her fighting

tched hand, her head down, looking utterly defeated. She stopped by the elevator,

look of pure contempt. Th

on changed. I saw something fierce and c

at the elevator. The doors slid ope

h my husband in the

o out of Zane the mom

e began. His v

he would

st

issa?" His voice was sharp. Accusi

of it, after what I'd walked

ou coming out of that hotel room together, both of you in t

"I went to a bar. I got drunk because I was too broken. I almost got att

in. "You expect me to believe that? That he just happened to rescue you? You spe

me right now burned the guilt and shame I had felt before.

have stopped expecting an

to my bones. I was so tired of fighting

of hesitation. I couldn' t bear t

e not done!" His foot

oducts. I made it one flight down before my body gave out. I staggered to the

lu. His hand gentle, holding my hair back. His other hand rubbing my

afety of being looked afte

l. The sickness wasn't from illness. It was from him. The

ve banged op

at him as I went down the rest of the stairs and

e drive you ho

m free. "I'm g

he'd caused. His face fell. "Work? How can yo

I was finally seeing the man he tr

ttachment to a man, with no life of my

do with him. Beca

rd it all was. And the anger I' d

e this marriage...

, and it broke s

earn is mine. No one c

d never spoken to him like thi

d built my life ar

ears trying to b

iting to

ng he'd fin

as, he had chos

as

is marriage" I held his gaze.

morning crowd wit

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