a's

"Ms. Shaw, your mother requests your immediate presence at home."

t, my good mo

into my voice. "Let me guess he's th

arrange

side of the bed. "Clear my afternoon sched

my mother. Now that we were divorced, he suddenly felt entitled to

ough time to compose myself. No matter what J

yer when I arrived, her expression a fa

e my grandfather passed shortly after I was born, and my father's death in a car accident when I was eighteen, I had become the one they leaned on. J

maid handed me, shrugged off my

stormed toward me, grabbing my arm. His gaze fe

neck?" His voice drop

d. A small, purple mark. I h

ly, Jack? That's what y

ned. "Who was i

h coming from you. Do I need to remind you who spent our w

acemaker. "Jack came to visit your grand

Then let's get to it. The

then gestured vaguely at my neck a

ow. "Jack, what exactly

find that man. I'll make

the project just stormed out li

r where the housekeeper brought out my fa

, setting down her spoon. "Do

my wine glass

there's real

The world is full of men better than that one

. "Thank you, Grandmother. You

eo conference about an investment issue with one of Shaw Cor

ger stammered, "we

ou can't handle responsibility at this level, resign. I'll ensure

e Phoenix Project lead is reque

eads will roll. If it's theirs, they can clean it up. And if

Sean Smith's medical exam is complet

a brow. "

Club buzzing. They're envious you're young, beautiful, rich, and newl

seriously but a part of me did enjoy

id. "Goldenleaf is my space.

shower and my thoughts drifted to Sean. I found myself rememberi

, I drove t

d slim slimmer than I remembered. I tilted my head, doubt creeping in. Wa

re barely thi

really throw m