hind his back, the next they were clapping like crazy. Even his father Thom

She pictured Fiona flipping out over a mistress showing up, giving Lucian a sla

heard Ryan go, "Hey gorgeous, why aren't you cl

s. Her whole plan had blown up. That girl didn't even manage to

of security swooped in to lead the pregnant woman away. Af

Ariella skipped the f

iven him earlier, had been low-key watching her l

to? I could play b

She remembered once she'd just exchanged a couple words with the delivery guy, and Lucian

me up. Thanks though,"

g him in, I'm a solid upgrade. People call me pri

ella waved casually, her tone still chilly

e disappearing car. So she wasn't fazed by hi

wait-we're bound to

ined for the shower. She needed that water to rinse off not the sweat-but the sha

in, until her skin turned red-bu

m. You're hurting because what he did made you fe

ite more than usual. Deep down

t they'd spent so many nights tangled up like t

him first. And if you don't, just fake it till you make it. Eventually, you'll end

ince she was already his woman, she should try everything t

nd saved her dad from trying to jump off a building. The p

in, trying to forget Forrest, carefully watching Lucian's every mov

t of love for her. Otherwise, why would

Fiona. That's when reality hit. All her

e was done chasing unreachable dreams. From no

e down and work hard. She'd lift her head up high, walk away from Lucian on her own, and become so

what she was doing. So she spent the afternoon bro

ng. The storm inside her

, blew her hair dry, and wrapped h

bout being forced to sleep with him in the middle of the ni

g. She lifted her hand to swat away whatever it was, but it got caught mid-air by a c

gy state, she cou

..." she began, but the rest of her words got smo

'd once stared at a million times before, totally thrown. H

kisses were wild and angry, stealing her breath, b

e at the wedding? Let's see how