vonne like a bomb going off inside her skull, leaving her dizzy and unsteady on h

an's voice drifted out fr

alf-open door, her throat tightening until her w

that make her? Eight weeks ago lined up with the night he had sex with her for t

Tears blurred her vision as she squinted at the

ide her. The very woman who had l

ss Rita's picture in his study o

ssions had made them inseparable, how everyone had thought they were destined to be toge

h. Rita had returned. And Julian h

anted had never been her. Her eyes filled until the

lipstick stain on his collar came rushing back to her memory.

pe, fragile and foolish, kept her eyes fixed on

fore he answered, his tone smooth and detached, "I

tered, leaving only the burn of betrayal and rage. A bitter smil

ng further. Any question wou

t as she slid down the cold wall, her hand clamping

d, concern etched on her

ad slightly, as though sensing eyes on him, but the hal

ent quietly to his will, yet this time she had hung u

leave and search for he

as she tugged on his sleeve, her delicate

ian steadied himself. "Ju

the doctor, and continued in that same calm voice,

ever so slightly as she pulled out her phone beneath the table. Fingers moving quickly, she sent

walked Rita to the car, his voice calm a

back with a wounded look. "You're not coming with

and distant. "I've got things a

in seconds she replaced the frustration with a sweet, un

hed the car roll away, and th

again and again. Each time, the call rang una

had settled into something cold and heavy. His phone r

ink on the pages might as well have bee

nd, barging into the office, grinning ear to ear. "J

have caught wind of his accompanying Rita for a prenatal visit and jum

ou really don't know yet? Yvonne was sick at a tea party today, lo