"What the hell are you doing out

to jump. Hearing his voice, she turned to look at him, and the p

ranger-and felt no fear, no reg

u trying to do?" De

dangling nonchalantly over the edge. Her gaze drifted

what it was like, sitting up high, trying to imagine what her mother must have been thinking that day to be so ruthless

followed her, but she

le for others." Derek offered no comf

eyes incredibly cold. She smoothed down her wind-tousled red hair and offered a small smile. "I w

expression complex. He'd

She didn't bother with slippers, letting her feet grow numb from the cold floor. Sitting on the bed

something, she pulled out her wallet and started counting bills. "Hey, handsome,

by some kid. A smirk touched his lips as he decided to play along sh

scanned the shameless man before her with open mockery. "'Uncle?'"

she just called him uncl

id you

aid under Derek's burning gaze, "I just bought one night,

had provoked him to the point where he could only manage a smile-tho

luxurious suite told her he'd rented it; s

's nine grand left on it. I know you don't need the money,

ers, a mocking smile on his lips. "Tell

in front of me." Flora adjuste

etreating, his eyes

oactively paid him after a wild night-a first. I

Derek ca

head, calm as e

on her lips. Then she dropped the

r me already, Uncle. That's cut

ed the last words, an app

ip on the card. "Did you get shot in the mouth or some

her mood today had plummeted to rock bottom. Not only did

of gasoline, storm the Selena mansion, and burn the w

meet again." Flora clo

ket-Flora's student ID. The photo showed a girl with the lingering innocence of adolescence,

d correctly, he'd just turned twenty-seven,

ddenly feel like

sounded familiar like he'd heard it somew

me of his young fiancée? An idea sparked in his mind. He

d couldn't be t