in. They were thirty thousand feet in the air, leav

makeup was wiped off, the diamond necklace was gone, and the sheer

lley and poured a glass of warm water, not champagn

said quietly. "I know you di

rded. She picked up the water, her fingers wrapping ar

bows on his knees. "Is it about Alexis

ned around the glass. The knuckles turned white for a fra

is brow. "Blair, you don't have to live like t

oval window at the endless black sky and

said, his voice laced with years of frustration. "After everything... after dumping you on my mother's doorstep because some

soft, hollow l

and Georgiana are back. They've been talking to Aunt

rofit and loss. Her biological parents, Hughie and Georgiana, had showered their other daughter, Kiana, with love, while treating Blair like a le

stan asked, sea

ir said, her voice monotone, like she was reading a financial report

scle ticking in his jaw.

ccept whatever they decide?"

on the table with a soft c

d: They want to trade me, but they don't know I've

her marriage to Butler lock

window, the dark outline of the Long Island coastline

d her hand with his. His palm was warm and

t was quickly smothered by the freezing reality

estate came into view. Her eyes hardened into