at Ivory from the salon

id sunshine. The crimson dress hugged every curve-a far cry from the muted tones Gadreel had always pref

he didn't recognize herself-an

dden. All those years spent shrinking herself to fit Gadreel's co

peared behind her, eyebrows

ile breaking through. "I f

hampagne and bad decisions." She held up two tickets to Opal Heights, the most exc

of the divorce papers. But one glance at her purse-bulging with receip

hould

vangeline's designer tears. At least Ivory's

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got the perfect place. Killer cocktails, killer mu

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en starved of attention for years. Tonight, we remedy that." He

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lasses, but Gadreel might as well have been sitting in a vacuum. His fingers tightened a

ne leaned forward, his designer shoe

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les whitened ar

an's been obsessed with you since prep school. She'll come crawling back by d

oney heirs and venture capitalists. The sound

with a sneer. "Face it, Reel-your wife's

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el didn't raise his voice. He didn't need to. The dangerous glint

o defuse the tension, th

hone. 23:47. No calls. No te

at he hadn't meant one of two things: his usually

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ually blo

en. But the way his phone shattered against the onyx tabletop

at the tab

essed violence in his movements-the way his shoulders tensed

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the club's entrance like a teenager spotting his first cen

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h a clink that sounded susp

the club's neon l

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ver bothered to notice. Not the way her laugh-when was the last time he'd heard her la

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blood dripped onto the table. He barely felt the cut

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