ike a burning piece of coal

sh of deep humiliation crawled up her

he threw it as hard as she c

raight out of the air. His grip was so violently tight that the leather cover audibly creak

shook with raw anger. "I am never

" Julian lun

ither side of her hips. He caged her completel

hen you climbed into another man's be

at night, of the agonizing sacrifice she was forced to make to keep her family from t

e skin broke. She swallowed the painful truth down. Sh

is exactly why I have a fianc

in the car dro

from Julian's face. A violent

n on her ribs. Even through the wet silk, his pal

ike a curse. "You think that useless trust-

's finances were a mess. But she would rathe

usiness, Mr. Hawthorne." She pushed both hands against his hard

owered his head until his lips br

ink I am going to let y

mint and tobacco on his breath. Her

suddenly beeped. Gus's voi

rsection is cl

her strength. He was distracted for a split second, and she man

e subway station!" she yelled

watched her scramble like a terrifie

dered into the interco

rance. The locks clicked open. Evelyn shoved the heavy

beige Burberry trench coat had slipped o

p her. He watched her thin, soaking wet figure disa

ooked down a

The fabric still held the warmth of her body. It sm

ed his eyes and inhaled deeply. His Adam's apple bobbed h

s and pressed the

s accounts. Cut off every single

from her hair onto the dirty floor. People stared at her ruined

million-dollar debt. Preston's uselessness. It

the door to her cheap apartm

e she could even reach for the light switch, her pho

mail from her company's HR department. Evelyn knew the firm had been desperately

Group has been finalized tonight. The new acting CEO, Mr. Julian H