sion wa

warmth. Leah wrapped her arms around herself as the butler led her

echoed lik

orld hadn't changed

rity met her like a punch to the gut. And there he was-leaning casually against th

smooth, unreadable.

flinching. "You look ex

touched his lips. "

d between them-t

across from him. "Sit. Or do y

dge you, Adrian. Th

aighter. "Let's not play games, Le

gl

talk b

call your ex to talk business. Es

ust slightly. "Yo

as the

don't even ask why, do you

ged anything?" he s

d. "But it would'v

r racing pulse. But her fingers brushed against the

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Two Lines,

gainst the apartment

gnancy test in her tre

li

roken

king, as always, on something he never talked about. She knew

ome at 1 a.m. Blood o

ticed, watching as he poured a

a call. His voice w

e disappears. No one c

ust suspici

as t

in his world. Not in one filled with secrets and danger. Sh

ed until

er flat stomach. "I'm sorry," she whispered to the man s

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o

ned as she tur

ble. He didn't know. He never knew w

l everything with money and threats. But not

d. For a second,

is stare. "Then prove it. Show m

r voice fierce. "I alre

as thunderous. His glass sl

t stay to watc

way-each step a silent vow that the

ag

didn'

t bre

ised

athedral-shattering the calm, tearing through ever

so

d through. The air in the study had shifted

tting to sip, his fingers curli

it b

e. No calls. No letters. No closure. He had searched-

e stopped loving him. Or worse-b

it seemed she h

muttered unde

ow but commanding. "Get me everything on Leah Mitchell from the past fi

d. His

e something so mo

now? Why

mind wandered-not to his empire, not to revenge-but to a small boy with Lea

s jaw t

rst laugh. The first

stolen a

at to him and

who thrived in the dark. And now that she'd resurfaced, he woul

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whil

clenched tightly in her lap. Her heart hadn't s

ne it. She

ke that. But the words had slipped fre

ehead against the cool window glass.

come afte

. He would investigate, dig, uncover everything she tried to protect. She

s time, she

her

hers

war with the man she once

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