e hotel suite, the top buttons of his black shirt

. Taylor, here's the background report on Brodie. Also, since we ended

the paperwork, uninterest

said, his tone cool and resolute. "His

don't mind my asking, sir, why single out the Wils

to silence any further questions, the weight

r. Taylor. I shouldn't have pried. On another note, there's an invitat

st the sofa's arm, considering the

he'll be working the room harder than ever now that the Taylor Group dropped his co

ght a faint, knowing smile to Jonathan's lips, a spark of

a second, quickly regained his c

p again. "Also, arrange for Cirrus Mansio

ised and secretly delighted. "So you're

tly abroad, each visit home short and packed with

y he was, he always made time to see someone sp

ho it was. The whole thin

he better of Robert,

as cool and dismis

h the room finally quiet, he reached for Brodie's file

hany" listed under spouse, along with

to the file, capturing a face marked by deli

desk, his expression unreadable as a s

o undergo a bone marrow extraction to save Karen." Instantly, a chil

ainst the paper as he repe

han

ed wasn't an accident-it was the result o

-being for the sake of another woman. Tha

Jonathan's lips. Brodie would

.

d the grand ballroom of the Glory Hotel buzzed with c

mmered under the lights and adorned with a set of diamonds he had chosen. Ever

ant attention as the

s elegant wife, clearly pleased by

always served as Brodie's favor

ing, Mrs. Wilson." One guest after a

e Bethany wore her carefully curated smile, slipping

ent." A soft tilt of her head br

ponse, barely glancing her

e, scanning the ballroom for a

ir inside stifling. She slipped out to the small garden

deliberately provocative voice called

e speaker. Standing before her was a woman draped in a bol

as K

nt?" Bethany replied, her ton

en closed the distance between them, every

ike smile. "Nothing really. I've just heard so much about you, Mrs.

ant smile. "That's kind of you, Miss Jenkins. O

rodie probably doesn't want you to get the wrong idea. He and I work cl

ybe you should be concerned. There's nothing gla

s shook with barely

knew. All the better-there

ing onto a man who doesn't love you is p

good luck charm you made for him when I wasn't feeling well. He said it might bring me lu