umped, her book slipping from her lap and hitting the floor with a thud. She tightened the

ach dropped instantly. Julian's arrogant, smirking

alms began to sweat. She decided to st

ng his fist against the heavy wood. "I know y

stood another man. It was the tall, terrifying man from the study, the one Julian

r ribs. Did they figure out her trick? Or d

d out through the door, her voice s

ce was a mask of cold fury. He

ment, we have the right to enter the premises to investigate suspected breaches of

ht in her throat. They broug

napped his fingers at the building security guard standing nervously i

force to bang it against the interior wall. He stormed int

way, clutching the collar of her

way demanded. His

ickly replaced her fear. "Who? What giv

he air dramatically. "Stop acting. We saw t

He looked at the two men with

lk-in closet, and the master bathroom. Diana stood frozen, her entire body trembli

returned to the living room.

le ticked violently under his sk

room. His sharp eyes immediately locked onto the nightstand.

rapping was still perfectly intact. He picked up the ra

akable plastic zip-tie held a white paper price tag from Walmart, still stubbornly attached to the fabric. He rubbed the material b

s realization crashe

threw the underwear onto the coffee ta

furious face, and finally at Julian's confused e

lain why you broke into my apartment like a pack of ra

nequin from the closet. She grabbed a small tape recorder from the dr

The sound of a man coughing and he

Are you satisfied? I did this to protect myself from a husband who

recording of the coughing man