ightly agape. The fury in her eye

what did

he jacket of my tuxedo. "You want to b

uite' s landline and p

ther and have him ca

ing toward me. "My father will kill

overing over the button for the front desk. "It has nothing to do with me anymo

Ethan she knew. The old Ethan would have pleaded, begged for her

as dead, bur

angle, a way to manipulate the sit

er depends on this marriage," s

ere signed last week. Our marriage was just for show, for the medi

suspicious. She couldn' t com

resolve in my eyes, a flicker o

ked, her voice barely a whispe

' s waiting for you

er word, she grabbed her purse and car keys and

r expensive perfume lingering in the air. I felt nothing.

my own phone buzzed

paid by Alex or Olivia,

eterson at the base of Sentinel Point. They were kissing. The headline

spread lik

Mr. Miller, his face a horrifying shade of purple. He was

this? Where is Olivia?" he roar

," I said simply, shrugging off my tux

us. "After I explicitly forbade it? You'

said, my tone hardening. "She is your daughter.

is fists clenched, muttering curses under his breath. He had lost control

motion erupted f

clinging to his arm. He was still in the casual clothes he' d worn t

ed when

ng around Olivia. "Looks like you lost. Some thing

a peacock. He thought he had won.

whispered, looking nervou

You have a lot of nerve showing your face

"I would have done anything for Olivia. Unlike

That' s all I ever was to him. The orphan the Miller

Alex. "Get out of my hotel befor

a shrug. "But first, Olivia has so

d Olivia

ther, then at Alex, then finally at me. H

Just... just leave. Please. Go back to what

meant to hurt,

, they would ha

just sound

us patriarch, the triumphant manipulator

amily I had gi

ost l