he decline button. For a second, Evely

swiped

His voice

ed, pulling the towel tighter a

parazzi are inside the hotel! They're in the lobby, trying to get to th

sion in his shoulders turned into protectiv

Please, come back. You're the only one who can ha

n papers on the bed. He was torn. Evelyn could see the calculation in h

there,"

hun

ll stay with you. I'll send a doctor. I just... I need to handle this.

s were shaking, but she

this: if you walk out that

air. He walked over to Evelyn, intendin

sweet gardenia scent clinging to his lapel. It mixed w

e smell o

before her brain reg

ac

ike a gunshot i

nd coming up to touch his cheek. He looked at Evelyn, his eyes wide

t me," Evel

htened his jacket. "We will discuss your behavior

his heel an

ned to the front door slam. She listened to the

ry. She was

n the jeans and t-shirt she had packed. She put on

llars of clothes he had bought her. She grabbed armfuls of them-Chanel, Dior, Pra

hers. Her laptop. Her h

e marble console table, there was

a five-carat pink diamond that weighed down her hand like a shac

e ring into th

oorman, Ralph, looked surprised t

? Do you ne

Ral

ust left. Did

g doors into the cool night air. A

" she said over her should

ar. "Brooklyn," sh

ack at the Vance Tower piercing the sky. She