aide

his words were laced with venom. "Ad

ed. "My doing? He's the o

ust. "You couldn't stand seeing me happy, so you sent your friend here

hot anger. "You are delusional! Jaxon is my friend! We were celebrating my discharge from th

t immediately rushed to coddle him, he let out a theatrical sob and spun o

d out of

d, replaced by panic for his lover. "Cinn

y mouth. He caught up to Cinnamon in

murmur, his voice a low, soothing cares

room. Cinnamon stood there, arms crossed,

me! And your ex-wife's little boy-toy tri

yes locking onto Jaxon. The

fended' Cinnamon. Break his hands. He's an architect, i

hed over me. This wasn't

n as the bodyguards started to advance. "Y

laide," Alonzo warned, h

not touch him. His family is the Martinez Construction group.

should I say, Ms. Atkinson... the Martinez family is a gnat compared t

fault. My connection to Alonzo, this toxic, destructive vortex, had

me. There was only one currency this

nd landed on a heavy, metal fire

grabbed it. My friends gasp

what are

ce shaking but clear. "He wants ha

avy poker high and brought it down wi

hot agony. I screamed, collapsing to my knees, the poker clattering to the floor. M

rushing to my side, his

d bodyguards, at Alonzo, whose face was for the first time

tered wrist. "A hand is broken. We'

o. After a long, tense moment, Alonzo gave a barely pe

ces pale. "Addie, are you crazy?

and frustration finally streaming down my

eet, a commotion erupted from the second-floor

Alonzo. He had climbed onto th

n me!" he shrieked, his voice hysterical. "If you

nnamon, get down from there! It's dange

mise

e, come down!" Alonzo begged, hi

e, took a triumphant step back

ised scream as he toppled

happened in

ood, frozen in horror at the base of the

have time

body took the full impact. My head snapped back and hit the marble floor. M

wn the stairs. He didn't even glance at my crumpled, broken form on the floor. His eyes were only for the man who

namon, are you okay? P

even look