k to the apartment. He smelled fai

ysical desire for Ava hadn't waned. It

her, scrolling endlessly on

he firm?" he asked, his tone casual

an' s money had covered years ago. Her family, pulled back from the brink

lly neutral. "I understand. Business is

ed smile playing on his lips. "Good. You're my treas

her link in the chain that kept her tether

gossip columns were fill

t rekindle romance on Parisian

ng hands near the Arc de Triomphe. Chloe, lo

artment, the silence

culously working on applications. Columb

a personal statement in a quiet Upper West S

' s fiercely loyal, brash be

Miss Nobody," Tiff sneered, he

ngling the screen so Ava

to Ethan from the past few weeks. Messa

Tiff said, her smile malicious. "She

ion and anger. She stood to

ip surprisingly strong. "Whe

f shoved

catching. She fell, her head cra

ash of pain,

white room. Liam' s wor

n. A nasty one. And your autoimmune markers

ed. He didn' t look worr

ce clipped. "Chloe is very distressed. This kind o

e you ok

hat hap

s inconvenien

eces of Ava' s hear

d, his gaze cold. "A misunderstanding. You trip

hat else was there t

one. "Chloe is... different. She' s sensitive. From a good

an unruly pet he was