Ashle

stabbing into my eyes. I instinctively tried to cover

have a comment on

he man in

ks that had scented blood, shoving

fferson. My husband. I searched his face for a flicker

adable smirk played on his lips. In that in

elp of hotel security, they were finally forced out. Through it a

reporters, her face buried in her phone like sh

. I pulled the sheet from the bed, wrapping it a

e was a raw, b

joke he'd ever heard, letting out a short, sharp laug

nger's. A sharp pain twisted in my chest. "It wasn't

A flash of annoyance crossed his face. "Enough. Do

tossed it onto the rumpled bed. "That's a divorce agree

a year. It was a business arrangement, I knew that, but

," he said, his words like shards of glas

ked toward the bathroom. The doo

to my bones. On autopilot, my bare feet

when I

igg

coming from behind

pped. My he

low and breathy, the way I

ou long

her first," Jefferson

iss. A soft moan. Th

just outside the door. The bathroom door that was supposed to sepa

gain, laced with amusement. "God, s

would be perfect,"

's wife, a cheating slut." She laughed. "The

s voice dropping. "She

old. "She will. Once she sees what's w

y mother?" Je

it. By the time we're done, Claire won't

w, satisfied chuck

t just havi

A long, meticulou

as the

Falon purred. "She's still in love with

d. "She's dumber

ough my veins. My hands were shaking. My legs

me. A small, choked b

ferson

oom door

Behind him, Falon leaned against the sink, her dress straps fallen from her shoul

ated. It wasn't a questio

Falon. My voice came out raw. "

t be so dramatic, Claire. You wer

l. The sheet slipped, and I grabbed at it, de

ning his shirt. "My lawyer will

ng a hand down Jefferson's arm. "Come on,

glinting with pure, undisguised t

me alone again with the wreckage of the room