uation seemed to boos

d Branden, her voice drip

t out to hurt you. But as well you kn

ith a coldness that made the words sharp as glass. Her

ould react, Chlo

out a hand to stop he

hanneling all her pain and rage into one si

afening in the

instantly bloomed on her pale cheek. She cradled her fac

backward, hard, and wrapped his ar

"What gives you th

ir of them, a broken, ugly laugh escaping her lips. "What gives me t

ter. You're sleeping in my fiancé's bed.Don

pressed her body a fraction closer against Brandon's che

rds, extinguished the last flicker of love in Chloe'

stay here a

walked away. She didn't even glance b

f something complex in his eyes. He

rathy whimpered, clingi

sta

oaked her clothes in an instant, but the cold only sharpened her focus. The pa

reet, rain streaming down her face. Her

ey were b

her lips. She would not break fo

lready turning over every secret, every wea

nces, but no one stopped. The glittering lights of the store

s were dry and hard. She stared into the ra

Dorathy Hayes. Yo

against the cold brick wall for a moment, her mind no

alk again, her steps deliberate. The soun

n fell

didn't see the cros

b, and a black Bentley

s tore through the night

er arm, the brutal impact sending h

exhaustion she had been holding