s of water dropping from the sky like it was tryin

flustered against the heavy wind pushing in through the open balcony door. Her breath ca

it was

eement signed

ed to pay her a heft

is silences, his smirks, the way he'd burned the note-suddenly made sense. T

placed som

coy

ing from her grasp and scattering papers l

l

sed

d open, the ache

swers. She didn't call

the o

long st

call came through from security. "Your wife just ran

before the guard ev

mn

stunned awkward looks from employees. Rain slammed against hi

reet. Aroun

n-there

the middle of the street like she didn'

!" he

s blazing even

ce loud and coarse. "You paid someone to

I made that deal... But I never went through with it. I never marr

ound herself like she could hold her hea

" Her voice cracked. "Wh

g raw, something vulnerab

e," he said. "I chose *you*, Diana. Not fo

with the rain. She wanted to b

d speak, a voice ca

ia

tu

be

sperate, b

ell..." Gre

take. I was a fool. I let Coco twist everything. But I ne

at him, fro

ou really think this guy cares ab

wait for h

th Albert's jaw. The sound crack

ground, blood tri

a ga

cy and low. "You don't get to me

anced at the man she thought she once lo

eathing heavily, gaz

chest, caught between the man who betrayed her onc

she whispered, "Who a

didn't

... he didn't