tt

beaut

ys been my fav

Silent

like siblings whose bond

entina had upended that as she h

sk, creating a mixture to paint across the canvas. She was colour and ch

ate

everything. How she made me wis

how much I

be mine. She wasn't s

ad always

t it had become a place of refuge for her. A sanctuary whe

ht it would be nice for me to have a place where I cou

ttle room we could stay in without an

ont of the can

n everything I t

e, stron

ld never be. The

I had convinced myself she

he ran

voice low and dangerous, the warning

l like her sister, and I was pretty sure she

the Swan. Th

was

. Even if she di

r of understanding. "Careful, Matteo. Pos

ed. "Perhaps if you channel that energy t

s narrowed eyes. If Valentina was

anything that happene

howed interest in one of the ladies who worked in the N

out to give us

was used to. "But I didn't come here to discuss Valentina or Valerie, so let me get to the real i

ls and grey eyes out aside at

e even before I was born. For reasons no one talked abou

at the side and got myself a drink. Ethan, that bastard picked up my I

Unlike you, who just forgot her and hooked up with the litt

careless shrug. "If Isabella had been taken,

p with the sister. I a

he estate and beyond knew, I met up with

ole lot. And I would be damned if I allowed

onger care about her. You got what you wanted, then cast her asi

e my r

ct. But he didn't

*

y desk. If someone else had tried that, I would use

had said, her eyes searching mine fo

is lik

way, hidden from our parents, and I'm scared she'll hurt h

*

but he was smart enough to ke

It's ruining my reputation as a man

be back now that I married Valen

ty, they

s be asked, and finge

bed a thumb over his upper lip. "Speaking of compl

fted with the weig

ed to k

to marry my sister last year, only to b

ball. This was just the first

rian some more before he ex

that prided itself in making the best tech products, he

rsation, my mind moved

she had taken a life that

te everything, I couldn

ging that bag behind her because I had instructe

would let me have the sister, and I damn well shouldn't hav

arranged marriage our fa

as Ethan walked in

ed his jacket from the chair clos

ar that." I

I added. "The something wouldn't happen to be

followed by annoyance. "

lerie and the said friend came running. Pathetic if one asked me. "Since yo

is car door

est friend, but I didn't appreciat

library, where my gaze travelled the length of the