Stolen From My Husband

scene below. The golden chandeliers bathed the marble floors in a warm glow, illuminating a sea of business elit

nothing more than a p

hains Aaron had placed around her. The world below was his-his empire, his rules, his

ilored suit. Cold. Calculating. Possessive. In private, he barely acknowledged her, but here, in front of an

she

n in the name of power, not love. She could already hear the way his voice would cut through her when they were alone-sharp, comma

e thought of what Aaron would do if she left, the fury i

ar

n the doorway to the study. Aaron's younger brother. The one man she shouldn't be alone with. D

okay?"

ut it felt like glass in her throat

out, raw and unguarded, and the way Ethan's jaw

have to pretend

ed between them-u

on's brother. The one man she was forbidden to look at that way. Yet, in the silence between them, she reali

were clear. She couldn't w

he said suddenly

tion to leave the party-it was something more

he glanced down at Aaron again. His icy gaze cut through the crowd, but it wasn't directed at her. Not yet. B

whispered, barely able

sh. He stepped closer, and she co

e noise from the party muffled behind them, Sarah ex

he turned back to her. "You don't have to do this alone," h

oice. A kindness she had craved for so l

ispered. "Aaron-he won't let m

She could already hear his voice in her head-shouting, threatening

oser. "He doesn'

convince herself of that for so long, but deep down, she knew

it spread through her like a balm. His touch was hesitant, conflicted, but it was real-some

she

oken longing. Ethan groaned against her mouth, and for the first time in years, Sarah fel

bout to lose herself

s still cradling her face. His exp

mured, jaw tightening.

to the chest. She should have stopped. She should have pulled away. But she di

embling. "But I don't know how mu

hands dropping to her waist

she survive without him? Could she make it on her own, without the luxury, without the contr

wer, a sound sent ic

. Heavy.

h

ar

hrough the hallway,

d through h

ned. "Go," he whisp

n't think

back staircase, her heartbea

the back door, Aaro

u can't ru

Because h

, even as she gasped for air, she

is was only