old morning air doing little to clear her head. When she f

she shared with Julian. The entire place was a stage, furnished with c

air freshener mad

until it was almost scalding. She scrubbed her skin raw, desperate to wash away t

her skin, his scent-that cold, clean smell

ng on his finger. The one thing she had treasured, now i

r beating down on her, and felt a wave of

e apart just to get revenge on a fam

r opening jolted her back

red roses, a carefully rehearsed l

ast night," he said, his voice soft and p

wrapped a towel around herself and

a sleepless night of shame and fury-and his last bit of anxiety vanis

ve you, Sera. Of course I want to marry you. I just want to b

practiced. A day ago,

st made her

wers. "I'm tired, Julia

ction he'd expected. She was supposed to

on the table and mo

ep back, avoiding his tou

rkened. "Sera, what's your pro

she repeated, her v

jewelry box. Inside was a diamond necklace, glittering under the

ance of his class, that no

ed just last week. She had begun to suspect it, but had refused to believe it-she had convinced herself that Julian was faithful to her alone. But after

, casually pulling out a Van Cleef & Arpels diamond necklace. S

adulterated disgus

he had someone on the side. "It's beautiful. But I think you bought it for th

bought one for Isabelle as well. He had no idea how she

, shutting the door firmly behind her. She leaned against it

a pawn. He was just an obsta

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