t the estate's entrance. He strode into th

nor sat behind a large mahogany desk, her e

e middle of a very import

y?" Eleanor cut him off, slamming her c

she complain to you about this time?" In his mind,

simply humiliated in front of the entire staff by your dear aunt, and then

s venomous words and Eloise

oyance at Patricia's meddling, and something else he refused to ack

t a new kind of performance, designed

h Patricia," h

't care who you're still thinking about, but Eloise is your wife. I am ordering you to bring her back

defy his grandmother, not when

asked, his voice tigh

nor sighed. "Carter, she's changed. You'd better figure out wha

one. He pulled out his phone and tried

t, Eloise was like a kite, and he always h

waiting nervously

he began, try

my permission," Carter said, his voice devoid of any emotion.

ined from Pat

only a deeper frustration. He got in his car an

She's changed. He hated to admit it, but t

ut because he could not tolerate anything escaping his

Find Eloise Knight. Check every possible place she could go

reen. An idea struck him. The penthouse. The apar

ling she wou

tell her to her face: if she wanted a divorce, it wouldn't be t

xurious apartment building. She wore a baseball cap, th

ton for the top floor. The mirrored walls reflect

oking for her. Her job was to set her tra

lock the apartment door. Inside, everything was just as s