till waiting f
maid asked, her voic
enough to conceal the anger and f
will be b
ith work, satisfying clients may see
be in the kitchen. Do you ne
e fine." Mira
the untouched food before
llowed Leah's exit
more time, her fingers traci
of relief as she stole
versary and she had prepared a
package sitting beside her plate. A navy-blue box, tied
tch, custom-engraved with the
ks finding the per
poured her heart into that note, recalling their journey together, the promises, the dreams they
hite roses in a crystal vase, the same flo
just as caref
epared his
liked it coupled with truffle mashed potat
ne sat in an ice bucket
notice the effort she had put in, pull her into his arms, and whisper how much he appreciated her. They wou
ick of the clock
02
hone
an apology or an excuse or a message to reassure her t
om an unknown number
rowed as she
in the picture. His face looked familiar a
hung loosely on his broad ch
ound a woman draped in silk sheets. Her face was turn
sage be
ne. Thought you should see w
er throat, her fingers go
ears welled in her eyes. The gift, the lette
lient, he wasn't stuck up in traffic either.He
ed in Mira's chest
t waiting for a man wh
one to call Sienna, her best friend and
enna's number, her vision blurred b
nd on the third ring, a sleepy
was thick with exhaustion, but at the first cr
you
e phone tightly as if holding onto it wo
e whispered, her voice barely holdin
g anniversary but Thane is
that exuded shock
a's voice bro
u still
know what
ke a child, her voi
an... maybe it's not
like?" She pulled the phone away to glare at the screen,
bed with h
you g
of a fucking stranger, Do you n
, Mira thought she heard something else in the ba
Sienna's vo
icious but Mira was too exhau
o her forehead. "I sat here all night waiting for him. I made his f
energy and resources preparing dinner
stupid." Mira rant, tea
n the other end. "You do
you have to act fast before he breaks you co
l me what
st the chair, gripping
d I be foolish to keep fi
t out a l
e going through this, w
eyes. "I'd tel
nhale fro
, Mira." Her
re he breaks yo
chest t
say it out loud. Somehow, hear
ike a ton of bricks. Th
ago when she met Thane Ashford. She w
her hard work and commitment and had
s curled i
rifice just gone?" Her voice
or too long before
g before tonight. You
ra's cheek. She hated
do this," Mira admitt
d hard. "You ca
then so softly, Sienna whis
at the darkness of her bedroom. Her hands trembled as she pr
was there and she had seen e
ge was a trap, a cruel setup de
watched how Thane was set up yet,she ha
ng? Or had she just made t