lips and the rain soaking the hem of her jeans

tcase. With a swift motion, he shrugged off his suit jacket, which still

around herself. The sudden warmth seeped

toward the waiting Maybach. His bodyguard

of tires tore through the sound of the rain. A silver Aston Martin sw

rrison stepped out. He didn't bother with an umbr

grab a file he left in the study, only

lliot's suit jacket draped over her. The rain ran down Julian's s

istance in long

oned his large frame directly in front of Eve

mocking laugh. "Kicked out of my house for five mi

curling in disgust. "I didn't know you had

a into his bodyguard's hand. He lunged forward and

ce a low, dangerous rumble. "I have no prob

ht back, slapping Elliot's hands aw

aiming his words directly at Evelyn. H

er the rain. "You finally found a sucker

oisoned blade straight to the heart.

ved for ten years. He looked lik

s right arm back and drove his fis

rain. Julian stumbled backward, caught entirely off gua

n Martin, rushing forward. The tension

s fists again, Evelyn st

her fingers around Elliot's clenched fist. Sh

ip. The agonizing pain and desperate love that used to live in her

cold and flat it cut through the rain, "my childr

e. She turned around and slid

ust, like he was looking at a pathetic loser.

versed smoothly, steered around the Aston

taillights fade away. Suddenly, a sharp, unexplainable pain