perso

horne

tepped out like she owned the world. A short black dress clung to her curves, her cleavage unapologetically on

blood-curved into a slow smile as th

amien Blackthorne's party

she murmured, ple

lance. She strolled past the grand golden doors she once called home. The walls gleamed with the same gaudy trims, the

te," she muttered, the dis

"Tell me-where is Damien Blackthorne? Shoul

speak, a voice rolled

e I

her breath hitche

ut from stone, shorts hanging low on his hips. A glass of red s

done nothing but sharpen him. If anything, he was worse now-more

us smile. She strutted toward h

, calm and unreadable, as if she we

ed her palm boldly on his a

Would this still be here when I'm done destroying you? What a pity, such a p

her words were smoke. Then, without looking a

the room pre

e guard said,

ng into your room." Her finger trailed up his jawline, dar

faltered

od, eyes still unread

h and turned, sauntering

had pretended to be this agreeable back then, yo

ips curved in a shadow of something that wasn't qui

-

rcling the rim of his glass with one fin

return or stay

is eyes were still fixed on the co

and precise. "Let him remain

startled. "Bos

" Damien c

ading fast. The board demands you addres

the air. "Don't bother. I'm

r, the

eadable smile tugging at his lips, his gaze flicking o

never missed a day at the office. Now he sat here, relaxed,

he last time he saw his

ng had

-

elyn reappeared-this time in a bikini

oom s

t over her, then c

" Damien said, sett

Evelyn giggled. "Where are you g

e, but di

eave, Colt." Dami

nce, shutting th

urned into Evelyn. "You really think

n snapped, venom d

his words. "You've changed, Evie.

please. Don't stand there acting like you cared. You d

u better t

you could control. You stripped me, broke me, and left me to rot. Did you ca

re!" he

. You used to like me sweet, weak, silent. A woman you could crush a

flexed. "That

s jaw c

w what you'r

?" he hissed. "You think I don't

pped, stepping clo

voice cut like steel. "Where was this fire back

became after I left? After everything you did? Or were you too b

t," he m

room. "You broke me into pieces and walked away gu

ensed. "I

you want details, imagine the worst" she snappe

presse

here for reconciliation. Not here for love. I'm here for one reason onl

"What the hell are

her bag and tossed it onto the

"You didn't even read it, did you? Typical Damien

confusion flickeri

auses. The ones you missed because you thought yo

d, every syllabl

he rules. And you just signed y