e than satisfie

her, but the woman carrying her future great-

d have been a bitt

ith quiet grace and an effortless conf

appeared to guide Lil

still, letting her gaze sweep over the ro

was tuned to a preview for the

on the screen. Her fingers curled tight against her pal

he crackle of burning wood, the sting of smoke, an

the Dixon family had stolen her mother's belongings. She only learned

reclaim everything that

oughts, her phone buzzed

dragged you off. What's happen

m Sylvia Clayton, he

eparable, and Sylvia had a

became known, Sylvia had worri

as she typed back, "I'm safe. The man I was with that night was Caleb. All the Re

, as if the pieces had

st of fate-one drugged, the oth

for the culprit, the tra

the man Lilliana had

nd of this, they won't take it well," she warned softly. "And Caleb... he's got a reputation for be

read tying Lilliana and Caleb

attered to her

et back her mother's things-then she would walk away,

o had ever harmed her children would never

suddenly steely. "I need yo

t off guard. "What ar

shadow crossing her face. "I've got

loved her, but she wanted hi

ia's plots had t

awful wife and drag the Dixon family th

.

ftly, wrapping the night

with the wet sound of kisses, and the entire pl

ting on his finger as he idly rolled a glass between his fingers. His shirt hung loosely whe

through the air, an unspoken warni

carlet, plunging dress glided toward him. With a practiced swa

sing her glass, "you look far t

s. At first, his expression seemed almost tender, coax

up, closing firmly

teasing and dangerous. "Behave yourself

She gave a coy pout, but when his glacial star

wly wound itself

ry escaped before her knees buckled,