the decline button. For a second, I

swiped

His voice

, pulling the towel tighter

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

sion in his shoulders turned into protectiv

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

papers on the bed. He was torn. I could see the calculation in his e

there,"

hun

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

ere shaking, but I fo

is: if you walk out that d

hair. He walked over to me, intending

sweet gardenia scent clinging to his lapel. It mixed

e smell o

re my brain regist

ac

ike a gunshot i

hand coming up to touch his cheek. He looked at me, his eyes wid

st me," I

htened his jacket. "We will discuss your behavior

his heel an

to the front door slam. I listened to the sil

ry. I was

the jeans and t-shirt I had packed. I put on a

ars of clothes he had bought me. I grabbed armfuls of them-Chanel, Dior, Prada

mine. My laptop. My h

marble console table, there was

ive-carat pink diamond that weighed down my hand like a shackle

ring into th

orman, Ralph, looked surprised t

? Do you ne

Ral

ust left. Did

ors into the cool night air. A bl

," I said over my shoulde

ar. "Brooklyn,"

at the Vance Tower piercing the sky. I lo