in Ava Miller' s

rmination o

immediately

Hayes Capital, the Wall Street firm where she' d be

ed at th

enport' s private jet t

eart. The "white moonlight" his moth

r boss, her lover of four ye

w York, and Ava was

otification flashed on

rm possessively around Chloe a

than was smiling, a genuine, relaxed smile

ke a punch

ce late that night, using

-walled office Ethan had insisted she have. The one

even notice her thing

t Ethan paid for, the one that felt

familiar motions, a

te dish – aglio e olio with a ridic

maybe a desperate

new that with a certainty that chille

ertop, growing cold, a testament

stress, the constant emotional turmoil, was maki

eeded

a respected physician at the Walker Medical

his expression concerned as

rough the roof. This is getting seriou

she whispered, the lie tas

insurance. A few days later, an ite

from the mail pile,

this for?" he asked, a flicker of something

or tests. Nothing serious," Ava li

to see her as weak. Not no