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hoed down Fifth Avenue, instantly slicing through the cha

to the side. The massive bouquet of red roses flew out of her hands,

lapped her hand over her rapidly swelling

her voice cracking into a hy

hesitate. She shifted her weight, brought her arm back, and delivered a

slap was

ement. Her ankle twisted sharply. She let out a pathetic cry and collapsed backw

ractured second. Then, the crowd erupted. The flashes s

of liquid hand sanitizer and a pure white tissue. She pumped the alcohol onto her right hand, slowly and metho

ooking down at the woman

l register that carried perfectly in the sudden hush ar

tion, leaving dirty streaks down her face. She twisted her body on t

"Look what she did

ually resting in his pockets. He looked down at Skyler with absolute, chillin

aze from the crying woman on the g

t she had hit his supposed mistress. He was fascinated. He was watching her chest

g at Evelyn with that dark, consuming intensity, the last shred of h

the tissue and dropped it. It fluttered down a

e lowered her voice so only Sky

elyn whispered, her words cutting like glass. "Did you rea

ssue off her face, her mouth opening and closing,

looked directly at Kalen standing on the steps. Her i

r of his mouth twitched, curving up in

dn't speak out loud. She just looked him d

het

A violent surge of possessive heat flared in his chest, making his breathing hitch. He had to physically force his

rsized black sunglasses back onto her face, hi

bach with steady, powerful strides. She moved like a

avy rear door of the Maybach open. He placed a larg

cool, quiet interior of the car instantly wrapped aroun

The loud thud cut off the screaming

k tinted window of the Maybach roll up, complet

ll crying at his feet. He turned his

is voice flat and dead. "If I ever

er by the upper arm, and hauled her off the ground

erful growl. The black car pulled smoothly away fro

pressed his tongue hard against the back of his teeth. The phantom sting of her

, the city blurred