. It turned the tinted windows of the limousine

r opened the rear door, and the noise of the Upper East Side-sho

th a single, fluid motion. He didn't look at the came

from the dark interior, an

g to her frame, the silk cascading down like liquid

lights. They walked the red carpet not as husband and wife, but as a unified front. The Emerson-Griffith alliance. Unbreak

s waiting. The designer looked frantic, t

hissed, leaning in to

" Helena repl

ling him a fraction of an inch away from the photog

"I don't like su

stinct. And he's backed by Vincent Capital. They've been making moves so aggre

ad, familiar but unplaceable. Like a song he

," was all

m brushing Kamden's. "We're b

ed his hand on the small of her back and g

f expensive perfume and lilies. As Kamden and Helena stepped onto th

ions died. Heads turned. People parted ways, creating

f that aisle

that mirrored Kamden's almost exactly. He was tall, broad-

ing. His heart slam

oking into a d

awline was the same, the nose the same, but the eyes were different. Where Kamden's

wn for her venom. She was smirking, looking be

ised his glass i

felt a cold sweat prickle the back of his neck.

was staring at Cason. Her face was perfectly blank, the "Iron Lady

is voice sounded calm, but it

, his voice tight. "That's Ca

er to look at him. He needed her to

im. She kept her eyes locke

" Kamden

but her eyes were opaque. "Ignore him, K

hrough the crowd like a shark through water, Kamd