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breeze caress her face. She groaned and o

She could see a wide stretch of grass on both sides of the car, but that was a

gs, then her stiff neck next. Her eyes burned: t

ing faces staring at her. Her kids were still beside her

ids to herself, murmuring words of comfort to them. Soon

That slim

uffeur was nowhere to be found now. He had left them in the car to do God knows what. She peered out of the o

amiliar-looking

. She knew exactly where she was: In Ray

hildren. "Stay in the car." She command

car door for support. "Shit!" She cursed under her breath, waiting for the wave of vertigo to

he thought. That chauffeur would pay fo

stood for a moment and looked around: there were wide expanses of lawn on both sides of the car and nothing else. The narrow s

tanding there. The chauffeur

man who had c

est f

owards them, trying to stay stable on her feet.

pped the alpha on the shoulder. The chauffeur made a move first: he clambered down

"Miss, if you wou

me!" She growled through gritted t

tstretched arms, trying to pacify her

, I'll tear you apart if you

d him roughly aside and walked towards the staircase. At

rol herself. But she didn't want control. She wanted Raymond to pay for everything he had made her go throu

e effort to hold her back, but she deftly sidestepp

the shadows of the huge house, but she would recognise that voice anywher

ing a tattoo in her chest as she looked up. Then he began to walk down

irs and his eyes met hers across the small distance. He was taller than she remembered, and his

murmured. "W