red on Noreen's lips. What

stantly targeted him, leaving him with no choice but to hide with Noreen in a small and forgotten town. Together, they endu

d do everything possible to marry her and give her a real home. That promise was the reason Noreen pus

answered in a calm voice, "The reason doesn't matter anymo

through Michael's eyes. "Of

oung man she remembered. His polished and insince

simply turned around and wal

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chael lit anot

e had become completely used to having Noreen in his life. Now that everything was ending s

ette, he glanced at the rearview mirro

, he couldn't understand why she was suddenly acting this way. With his jaw tig

work did the tension on his

an Payne, entered the office carrying

tossing it aside. "From now on, sto

t Sean comple

handled every detail of his personal affairs and never neglected any responsibility. In return, Michael regularly sent money to her greedy family so they woul

e spends almost every day at the casino, and all he ever does is lose money. If we

to do with me," Mi

ced in his mind. His eyes grew darker. "She's capable of dealing wit

acked the experience needed to face a real crisis. During the past two years, all of her attention and effort had been focused on him. As for the disaster she called a family, Michael had always been the one steppin

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o end her marriage, Noreen had alrea

ough she had ways to deal with them, she worried about her mother. For y

cessary worry, Noreen decided not to te

brother and her toxic stepfather wasn't s

apartment. Night had already fallen by the time she finally re

froze in surprise. Standing inside was Michael, who

came to the villa unless he planned to spend the night with her. After the

llar. His cold eyes remained fixed on her. The chandelier overhead cast shadows acros

she forced herself to remain calm. She had come back for a reason. Her medication was inside t

ded the best thing she could do was pretend he wasn't there. Without s

appeared at the corne

feated. In his mind, there could only be one explanation. He assumed her useless stepbrother and trouble

asually removed his suit jacket an

d to leave, the bedroom suddenly went dark when the light switched off. Befo

gnore. One arm wrapped around her waist and held her firmly against the dressing table. Meanwhile,