creen, followed by a brief message

ion left Mel

secret lover, treating her like some

ead twisted in Me

, resistance was ou

g Greyson had seemed like a simple ba

ntrol. Any hope of escape rested entir

e did she

in, snapping her from

tional number flas

oted to the spot

be Colby

- until the night last week, when she'd caught hi

ve the nerve to

, only for Colby to dial her num

ing over, she fi

anie, just hear me out, will you? That was nothing - just

by Hewitt, do you think I'm either cluele

he call and blocked hi

artment, laughter erupted among Colby's friends as the

e sounds pretty furious, man. You've been at this for a week and still

party. Your girl's way too uptight for this crowd. Colby, you said you'd

he teasing continued, unable t

back in town, I'l

.

cked open the door, only to jump when sh

moment too long before he

ay, Mis

rank from the idea of running into any more Blake fam

n and slipped out the rear exit, ju

a polite, "Thank you," forcing h

gaze behind her remained fi

ith questions. Colby Hewitt? Wasn't

arnish the family's reputation. Therefore, he was barred from using the Blake name and took his mother's instead. But what busine

hat thoughts lingered

she wandered off the Blake property, picked up a fe

ound Lorna waiting on the sofa, eyes

And what happened to your clothes?

d by our old place to grab some things, but the office called me back for overtime. I barely

o keeping to herself when she was with Le

u're all I have left, so ple

od, silently recalling the agr

e hours gets a bigger payout. I want to save up, so I'll probably spend a lot of time at

d to help us with those debts?" Lorn

ntly, Melanie eased h

vouching for you, nobody will dare cause trouble. I'm not working just to clear our debts - I want t

.

thought, then made up her mind to stop by th

d have to wait until she could

building, Stella Graham, one of he

re's big news - the company just go