mar
eath knocked out as a tall man loomed over her. Heat radiated from him,
a low, derisive laugh. "Married, huh? Still lurking around in a hotel alone
ed on her phone-her husband, Liam Watson, sprawled in bed with Jordyn Moore, he
catch them red-handed. But before she even found the right ro
oughly and tossing her onto the bed. He yanked off his tie with one swift motion and then p
ou must know how this goes," he taunted,
e words to wither before they left her mouth. Three years chained to a
fury, raw and scorching
body, sharp and merciless, as if her bones might snap. She bit dowher with brutal recklessness-by a man whose f
.
buzzing of her phone dragged Cathryn from s
re. It's urgent-please get here
t deep, mocking drawl. "Was that
m on with frantic hands. Her face stayed downcast as she mutter
r had been nothing more than
bed, his mouth curling into a sneer. "Yo
ied, but still screwing like a slut-and now she wante
Every thought was consumed by her mother. Without spari
ounded. "Mr. Brooks," someone cal
bing temple, last night's alcohol still poundi
odded quickly, visibly shrinki
f frustration hit him. He was the head of the most formidable financial empire in the city of Olekgan. And he controlled
e hadn't uttered a sound. He'd assumed it meant experience-far too much of it. The way she'd looked just now, calm
for him, or why his grandmother had chosen to push her into his bed. If
ere a sharp splash of red stood out starkly. Sh
corner of her lip before she left. If she had been a
.
d sped through the street
n appeared, arm-in-arm with Liam, paradi
s eyes. "How long have you
ed him," she said, voice dripping with satisfaction. "That's when your husband first came to
through the hallwa
as if someone had hurled a free
only to discover he'd betrayed her on their wedding night with Jordyn. Every excuse she'd ever made for him-his late nights, hi
e was supposed to know better. Jordyn had always enjoyed stea
emotion, "Cathryn, let's get a divo
straight through it. Three years of loyalty, three yea
lips. "Liam, do you honestly th
pe; her mother's family had been loade
e sheltered heiress? The moment your mother's gone, you'll
lashing across her face. "What
draw blood. "If you run now, you might actually get
inctively, she was sprinting down t
cted wound to her wrist." With every syllable, the doctor's
ace. "My mother's been trapped in a daze for years. She could barely tell
e was rushed to the hospital
rifted in and out of fog for years-how could she su
ed casually against the fra
ther's last letter. It says she took her own life-and that you willingly gave up any claim to her assets. Dad j