s that Regina's blind date would turn out to be Collin Barton-the man she had a

he child she carried, she choked on her watermelo

had already taken a seat across from her, his f

, she wouldn't have agreed for even two million dollars, let alone two hundred t

ice broke through the silence

Lena had an unsettling feeling that

r with brutal bluntness, "The Anderson family went th

lay dumb, she responded, "Mr. Barton, I d

ne, suggested, "Should I have someo

ce more. This guy h

usand sitting in her grandmother's hospital account made her suppr

sitation, Collin stoo

ter him, grabbing his suit sleeve at the door i

it sleeve. The refusal he was about to voice stayed unspoken,

end you didn't see through my disguise today? It'

impo

otions to get his mother off his back for a few days. But looking into Lena's eyes

ensation. Just as he was about to respond, his pho

taking photos in the building opposit

expression had darkened vis

between fewer fingers or fewer eyes,

loodthirsty images flashed through Lena's mind,

hat person, but sudde

her chin so tightly it felt like it

erestimated your am

she had rubbed him the wrong w

neither you nor Regina Anderson has

left sp

r without another

d who even wanted to

rgue. Just then, her phone rang-it was Johnny Morgan, the