laborate lighting, every corne

t corner, happy to blend into the b

held nearly seventy percent of it. The event had brought out the usual crowd-famil

ave this

stopped in front of Evely

politely. "I'm sor

the four powerful houses, and he'd noticed Ev

ld, unreachable vibe-e

st. He seemed to think no woman h

all this gossip. He doesn't appreciate yo

Kellan. Just the thought of taking Kellan's wif

in the ER on your wedding night,

nt cold. If they hadn't been standing in the Miller Estate, she wou

ped in ev

m me," Evelyn

money had actually dared to humiliate him? He gra

a pawn in a family deal. I could ta

disdain. He really had no sen

imself. "Why don't you be my mistress instead? Unlike your

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her like she'd

changed as she starte

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of his shoulder wrenching out of its socket got swallowed

mp at his side. For one strange second, he felt

room. He clutched his should

and the sound made her wince before she steppe

aw Cole on the floor with his arm bent at some unnat

f as people rush

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ding there looking like she ha

face contorted. "You vicious woman! Yo