o, making me fal

y faster than the pain. My palms scraped against the carpet an

hing had

s phone and checked the scre

e phone into his pocket. "Especially not f

game. You were about to walk into a trap and I stopped yo

e. "Don't talk about my girlfriend like that. I'm

the sharp sting in my k

ing my breath. "You can go find another law firm. T

towering, his jaw tight, eyes hard.

his gaze without flinching. "She is the one that persuaded you

?" Vincent asked stunned as

o your girlfriend. Not a single information. Delmar Group is

elief and suspicion. His lips parted slightly, like he wanted to say something, bu

ell him anything. He

e lower now. "No one outside my inner circle knew sh

first time I've seen your case. I know how it ends.

ng the edge of my office. He wasn't the type of man to

ieve she's work

ieve," I sai

wenty-four hours. Show me one real piece

," I

at the door, glancing over h

ot," I

ok, then walked out, leavin

my palms dull now. Twenty-four hours was

***********

aused as I stared at the tw

uglas. My m

ho had looked down on me since the day I married her brother. The

that naive girl wh

ning me from head to toe. "Well, lo

sts." I said smiling fain

en't answering your phone. We were st

I asked casually, walking past them to the kitchen

hat now that you wear designer suits and pretend to matter in court? Don't forget that you were

l sorts of things to me in the space of one year. From burning my face with iron to making me lose my

o take care of all of th

on has, I am still the owner of the law firm. I built it fro

cross the face. She always wore a gold ring t

linch. Not

tight around her arm. The metal from her ring

I said, my voice

ash of something that almost looked like d

f me," sh

d her h

e ground. Her body hit the ground with

held out my hand to help her.

couch slowly, like a

ags. He stopped dead when he saw his mother standing tense and ang

he asked sharply,

whimpered, holding her e

was louder than any words I

his arm. "She's lost it. We came here to talk l

for a long second.

sk her why she tri

her but I didn't care. I walked back to the liv

ng?" Jason asked as

t answe

e pushed me from behind. Gasping, I lost my ba

las, are y

cologne hit me making me look up at the m

g here? Our deal

the arms of another man. Jason's jaw tightened as his ey

en leaned closer to me, hi

alk," he said

sion, he pulled me toward his c

t time, I di