into her ex-husband's world o
's throat, words catching in her shyness. "Sir, I promise I'll get
movements unyielding. Melinda, untested in such
g her legs and shifting her as i
, a cold, muffled sound escaped him, sign
n deeper than regret. Her father was in a vegetative sta
oduced this client to her, saying he was the city's most powerful man. He ne
light flashed-the m
His voice, low and rough, drifted down. "You rea
, deep, strangely familiar
Melinda froze. Blinking, she finally saw
agined-some balding, middle-aged man. No one could deny his s
a's face, and she pushed him
boring into her, he gave a cruel smile. "So, three months post-divorce, my form
under water, every breath a struggle. Discovering that her client was he
r gaze. "Yes, I'm surprised. The poor guy rose to riches after divorce,
Declan's cold, perfe
ts with practiced ease. Not a wrinkle marred his shirt or trousers,
ning from their encounter, pressed against the fabric of his clo
nd out, he was hailed as th
pushing him to break ties with his
uessed at the steel and am
two years-a dutiful husba
r-once the city's richest man-threw himself from a rooftop. Declan joined forces with outsi
pital bed, her brother desperate for dialysis,
way, never spar
lls drove her to desperate lengths, even
s cut through the silence. "If I had any real interest in you, you wou
ughts spinning, her hear
arriage, and he neve
tance, his rejection was always ice-cold.
as willing to spend five mi
insult was almost
Declan, I once offered you children without asking for a cent, and now you'r
thout warning, he gripped her waist, forcing he
his cigarette, his words sharp and glacial. "Here you go. One million now. You'll play the pa
ted her to carry his child, only to