atthew

sickening headline on my

ead "Father." P

wing glass and answered. It wasn't co

ou done? Do you have any idea what t

cious daughter Sienna was screwing my fiancé on our anniversary,

! You don't know the truth! The person who saved Carter's li

chest and squeezed. I'm the one who saved Carter six years ago. How could I po

u say?" My v

ou ungrateful brat! We raised you for years, and this is how you repay us? Sienna let yo

All

dragging a cramping Carter to the shore. Sienna had been standing on

ienna, they were

heir eyes, everything I cherished was just something Sienna h

moment later, Carter

answer, sa

what your father said is true. Sienna just told me. She was the one who had her friend

ost made me choke. A man could justify a th

study, right?" I asked,

he other end was the

rew the phone on

tidal wave, pulling me under. I hadn't lost to Sienna. I had lost to

shoulders, but it offered no warmth. The handkerchief with "BS"

, clearing his throat apologetically. "Mis

Even this last refuge wa

couldn't go home. A hotel required an I

he cold, late-night rain. I felt like a

in front of me. The window glided down. It

e to pick you up. He said it's not safe for a young wom

and I hesitated. I knew nothing about this

back at the cold,

ngs get a

en the door

me a bottle of heated mineral water and then

ont of an ultra-secure, top-tier apartment

o a private elevator that we

ed "Mr. Sterling." He had changed into casual loungewear, whic

e is Blake Sterling,you can stay here t

d filled with questions and suspicion. "W

gia in his eyes, before his expression settled back

elping you serves a purpose.