The Unwanted Wife's Flawless Spectacular Comeback

master bedroom yielded wit

rantic rhythm that made her chest ache. She gripped the porcelain saucer so tightly her knuckles turned a tr

It smelled of expensive scotc

hispered. Her

ing hand shot out

rist. The teacup slipped from her grasp, hitt

edge of the mattress, and she was thrown violently onto the center of the king-size

herself up, a towering

body felt like an open furnace. In the sliver of moonlight slicing through t

ek, right next to the ugly, textured scar that ruined the left side of

," he

ike it was a curse. The sheer disgust in h

rting me. I just

ut

rous growl. His other hand grabbed the

ent yank, the

the silent room. Cold air hit her bare skin. Ellyn sh

hot against her face. "You think slipping something in my

hrashed under him, her nails scraping

e. He caught both of her wrists in one hand and

ed. "You want to secure your path

n answer. He didn't

lower lip so hard she tasted the metallic tang of her own blood. She refused to scream. She sque

ng the last ten years of her silent, pathetic de

the silence returned, heav

ching her bare skin physically repulsed him. He stood up, h

e nightstand, yanked the drawer open,

and threw

sharp edge of the paper sliced across the back of

nd her shivering body. She looked down. In bold, black

" Baron c

His eyes were completely devoid of warmth. He looked

't belong here. You never did. Did you really think I could ever sto

low. Her lungs seized. The

uched the papers. The humiliat

eavy Montblanc pen from the nightstand and tossed i

I swear to God, I will make sure you can't even a

f grief blocking her airway. Her heart was dead. It had

up the cold

he signature line. The sharp tip nearly tore through the pa

ke was done, she di

d left, lifted the heavy stack of papers

ssed his dark eyes as the papers scattered acros

and forced herself off the bed. Her legs gave out. She stumbled, her knee hittin

e dragged her aching, batt

he heavy door shut. She twisted the lock until it click