ted her t

h a client. Ava came back to my

the dark, surrounded b

his," she said, her voice sof

lat, dead. "Three years ago. When I

retched. She c

crumbled, and for a second, I saw the girl

she whispered, stepping

lie. It h

e sobbed. "He saved me. He gav

n my chest. "I can be with both of you.

was a kiss of possession, of ownership. She pushed me back onto t

rmance. A sick

e apartment

a thundercloud. He wasn't

im, Ava,"

icture of manufactured fear. She h

tch! Trying to destroy my marriage!

and sudden. He stood over me, his chest heaving, his eyes fi

clinging to his arm, playing

m. The perfect power couple, built