sigh. The thought that her own mother would go to such

as the call connected, Amy's voice cut through the

en them. When she finally spoke, her voice was laced with a biting chill

d. She had been at a banquet, representing the law firm

pon Amy, who feigned affection and handed her a glass

al heat coursing through her body, a feveris

predictable, like a scene

ead, she cleared her throat with a fake cough. "Nicholas is back to

He tossed me out without a second thought." Alison's lips cu

heming mother know the full truth, since

ce faltered, disbelief se

p and unwavering. "You offered me

mentioned her husband, Isaac Powell. "Can't you help us out here? Nicholas is an outstanding man. Women from p

of it all. "I thought marrying Nicholas two yea

hen Isaac's business met financial troubles, the Bowman family ended up being roped in to save him.

trapped in a loveless marriage for two agonizing years.

ac falls on hard times, what will become of

her's death. Amy had remarried Isaac in less than a mont

faithful when Alison's father had still been alive.

reement?" she asked in

restrained fury. "Come home for dinner t

casm. "Do you really think you can dangle that agreement

our hands on it!" Without waiting for a r

rubbing her a

hout any hitches, but she had underestimated jus

to get the divor

e outside the hotel to hail

rging from the hotel's entrance was Damien Harding-a clie

d herself, forcing a polite smile.

tered Alison relentlessly in the past, tho

morning?" Damien sauntered over, his gaze li

iness," Alison replied,

ep rejecting me because you've been busy fooling around with someone else,

as it happens, I'm married. Surely it's n

e. "Married? Who would believe that? Where is this su

n pointed to a sleek Ro

striding confidently towards it. Damien foll

hey noticed a man abo