vast, empty monument to a love that was now dead. I moved like a ghost through the h

safe, right where we had put it three years ago. With a trembling hand, I spread the document on the bed

h my jewelry box when my phone chimed on the nightstand. My hea

r off. I want to see

g and zipped it shut, my hands

he curtains. Liam got out of the driver' s side of his Rolls-Royce. He walked around to the passenger side and opened the

linked her arm through his, her head held hi

with a famili

growing closer. I turned from the w

, looking relaxed and satisfied. His eyes scanned the room and immediately

"What are

brother is in the hospital," I said, my voice barely a wh

. He walked into the room, still holdin

at the flower shop," he said, his tone matter-of-fact. "From today on

with shock. This was his solution? To bring his mi

nted to ruin your relationship with Mr. Sterling," she said, her voice trembling. "So why did you force me to

efiance flashed in her eyes. I understood now. All this time, she

"I never threatened you. Yo

Sterling, it seems I won' t get the respect I deserve from Mrs. Sterling. I know I don' t come fro

grabbed her wrist, stopping her. He lift

to be punished," he said. "If I hadn' t crashed tha

mother had called me a "poor barista," Liam had publicly raged at her, telling her, "No one is allowed to upset

ile thing. Now, his treasure was Chloe Miller. An

ards wheeled in a large, freestanding bat

Liam said, his voice flat. "As compensation, you' ll tak