lid's hands warm at her waist. For the first time in years, she felt ali

u you'd thank me!" She winked as Ivory accep

d sound she barely recognized.

rip locked ar

ut the intruder, but the word

dr

les into his familiar face, his ice-blue eyes burning with s

ked back, but his

deceptively calm, the way the

rward. "Gadreel

tep. "Test me again," he murmured, "and

rained from

ls into the floor

her ear as he yanked her flush against him

el's other friends hit the floo

r into the night was Khalid reaching for her-and

Heights and without so much as a care in

back stung, but at the moment, she paid little to no attenti

adreel didn't bother hiding the

blue eyes. Ivory however, did no

herself to never cry or feel hurt b

e took on that challenging tone that d

es dar

ion, Gadreel Ødegaar, what gives you t

el asserted. "Because only a madman wo

ing her hands across her chest which see

y was it showing her slender legs that were usually hidden, but it hugged her curv

te. Especially when it was all exp

willed himself to pay more attention to the words that

e papers to you. I told you I don't want this marria

e agreement is only finalized after signed by two people a

at she flinched, when he suddenly placed hi

. So you, Ivory Ødegaa

he new information had Ivory feeling c

those papers, you're out here, stopping me from having my

emained silent an

met. Needs that you obviously can't fulfill. S

nger seemed to fill Gadreel's

is words and the look in his eyes, had Ivory flinching. "Sorry to break it to

Ivory feel demeaned. She was glad the dar

ll, the lik

hed. The words, although she had been

lared at Gadreel. The nerves

ou

, Re

overshadowing and swallowing her

Ivory would have been fooled, had it not bee

d to the side, she saw Evangeline, ever looking like

ed and instantly, he was in front of Evangeline, looking

His voice was tender, something Iv

e to find you, but," Her eyes flew from G

She bit back a painful laughter fr

destroyed her life, cou

eyes. Ever since they were little, ever since her father introduced her as her 'new si

looked Ivory in t

ruined the marriage she

y calmed herself down and at the sam

watch these two act like a crown pr

away, Evangeline wa

one as beautiful as

Gadreel, Evangeline couldn't h

again. "Reel,

his gang had stepped out and the extrover

sister, Eva.

n confusion for a fe

that re

some big shot celebrity when I saw her." He laughed, but

way that disgusted Ivory. "I didn't realize that

w you were this beautiful Ivy, I

d only but frown at the attention his wife was getting and E

spoke without thinking. "

offensive looking, carried th

guessed that it was you. But, could you really

their group, all bu

vory, she allowed her smile to fade. "What's with yo

immediately shut it. She knew better th

acking her and honestly, she wa

d it not been for Ashe

d. "After all, I heard you and Reel are getting divorced, so

n out of Ivory. Sh

ed, increasing her voice as she said her next words. "To find some

up again, all but two people murmurin

ed look and Gadreel with

ne's face, feeling like things were

getting her place and position, so, it was only natur

everyone's attentio

d a few seconds, before it was wiped off her face w