Late Love: Winning Back the Runaway Wife

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d the door open, he squinted and saw the

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muttered, assuming it wa

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dn't expected the bedroom door beside her to open, and seeing Etha

s was the first time he'd ever spoken to he

of warm water, only to find he'd gone back into the room, spr

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on the nightstand, reaching for the lamp

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mind fuzzy, but he vaguely he

g he saw was a woman, bathed in soft light,

blurred into another face from his me

ndlessly. Then, without warning,

down just for calling his name. Before she cou

. Ethan,

st she'd ever been to him, and she cou

tightened around her waist, his othe

ared at his closed eyes, realizing he wasn

ed him fo

From a distance, the two of them looked

down. The thin fabric of her nightgown tore

m at first, but even now, even in this confusing momen

sparkled wit

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eard one name whispered-to s

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entwined, but Emma's hea

an instant, leaving only silen

ting, but that wasn't the worst part-lying nex

he hell are y

glance at the woman curled up under the covers, her neck dotted with unmist

unk last nig

ff as she met the disg

n't wait to crawl

nking back. "Emma, I never realized before-not only are you s

hadn't stepped foot upstairs. He even mov

s words cut deep. "Ethie, i

call me

tear make its way down her pale cheek, Ethan frowned and turned hi

you could

atures turning even colder. "Emma, I to

like her to get my atte

overs aside and

, his last sentence breaking wha

reating her like trash, Emma couldn't hold it in anymo

You know who I am. If I truly wanted to

Ethan turned back, sarcasm

d to sleep with me, just say it. Don't put on her act. T

is company, he would never have married her. In his he

een for that c

lenched at

l by offering to bail out Ethan's company, b

clutched the blanket to her chest, stepped off the bed, and sile