She had spent the night monitoring the bleeding. It had slowed

Leo up

bed his eyes. "A

like a mask that was about to crack.

quickly. Serena wanted to be

nt door opened. Julian walked in, wearing

He didn't ask how she was. He

ment," he said. His voi

blinked

nkle is sprained. Leo is to

a glass of water. "And you need to teach him som

ly believed she had pushe

Serena

his attitude. Next week, I will send the driver to

Leo's hand ti

to her car. She

Silent, hot tears that blurred her vision. She

mirror. Leo was watching

cry. I don't l

ace roughly. "I kn

to the penthouse. She couldn't bear

ve to B

onverted loft in a Dumbo warehouse that her mother had left he

ed projects: a 19th-century clock, a cracked porcelain vase, a torn oil pai

grabbed a pile of scrap wood blocks an

She put on her canvas apro

e. No Lily. Just silence a

own. She needed to be horizontal. She needed to

ay. He was safe he

n the workbench. A

Victoria. If he doesn't accept her

ared at t

ood. He was using money to for

Ming vase sat in pieces. A private collector had contacted her via an e

attered into fifty pieces. It was impossible. But she needed t

zers gouged a deep scratch

scratch. It was

ke her