d up the second

able eyes of his, somethi

she really just say that? Was this an

and then let out a dry laugh. "You rea

rugged like it

nd tossed them to him. "After you've almost d

He just turned his wheelcha

illing to let him

mly. "Just give me a little time-I'll wrap up everything here

in the shadowy light, the corner of

lay me again, and you'll realiz

ve, feeling a cold sh

down Declan, she wouldn't have team

, she didn't

.

n was already ba

until it looked untouched, like the a

abduction, but thankfully the kidnappers let her go unharme

d called out like he always did,

dy handed him the water and hung

me, silence echo

lled off his tie, clearly

ater, looking nervous. "Mr. Foster

't come back?" Declan snap

id got kidnapped... we came back from

y Madison go

spine? Tried some pity stunt, didn't work, and now she storms off playing the

matter that she was behind Madison's kidnappin

y the window suddenly called

cy satisfaction. Of course

lways

m, she was

was pierced by the soft c

room like a blade. "Well, look who finally remembered where she lives. What's the matter? Co

walked past him toward the st

silence-her blatant disregard

ignori

dare

the hall. "Did you suddenly go deaf, or are

path, his eyes glinting with fury

had long since faded into numbness. Every

ov

but to Declan, it landed like a slap t

w and strained through clenched teeth. "Tr

lifted into a cold, mocking smile. Her eyes looke

already watched me bleeding on the ground and walked

or, stunning him into silence. F

oman he remembere

ft-spoken, desperate for scraps of his attent

pped, his temper rising fast. He was certain thi

authority. "I've already done you a favor by not making you pay

at? No wonder you're so easy to manipul

, thick with years of swallo

he had been to lo

ning away, she headed for the stairs with th

that cut the deepest. It was the indifference i

ked through him l

into fists, tre

seconds, Dayna, or I'm fili

ders tensed, but she

d at Declan's lips. He t

ice floated back-quiet and detached. "

his wife. But in his world, she'd

like venom. "You make me sick. Cheating on me right before our wedding day? You're

he'd stayed. C

endured a little longer, maybe he'd finally see the trut

e was always tainte

laugh-at the girl she used t

"You want a divorce? L

me back slamming a divorce agreement on

ruelty, like he was su

She was listed as the one at fault, and for that, he wouldn

r. With one smooth, deliberate

ge-built on nothing more t

ed at her,

? She actuall

ion soured

ou

ut before his phone rang

and then shifted his eyes back to D

ed-but then answered. "T

ler had to say, and then his entire expression shifted. "What? Y

red mid-stride. The

r brows. That shouldn't have been possible. How cou