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CELESTE My hand was on the car door handle, the cool metal pressing into my palm, when the thought hit me like a slap across the face. Dominic was in danger and here I was, about to drive away alone. I turned around and ran back into the house, my heels slapping against the concrete, my breath coming in short sharp bursts. The sounds of moaning and flesh slapping against flesh were still drifting through the house as I made my way to the sex room, calling out for the bodyguards as loudly as I could manage. "Come out, both of you! Right now! We need to leave!" The bodyguards emerged from the room, their expressions shifting from professional composure to alert concern when they saw the look on my face. One of them was still holding his phone, the video still recording, and I pointed at it. "Turn that off and keep the footage. We need to go. Dominic is in danger." "What kind of danger, ma'am?" "I do not know exactly but he asked me for help. That is all I need to know. W
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CELESTE Elizabeth had just brought her hand toward my mouth when I made my move. My hand shot out, the rope finally giving way from the blade in my bracelet, and I shoved her hard in the chest before she could force those tablets down my throat. She staggered backward, her heels catching on the edge of the rug, and she went down hard, landing on her butt with a shriek that echoed off the walls. The pouch flew from her grip and the pills scattered across the floor like tiny white seeds, skittering in every direction. Riley dropped the phone she was holding and charged at me, her hands extended like claws. I flexed my freed wrists, rolling my shoulders to get the blood flowing back into my fingers. "I see you did not learn your lesson." Her fist came at my face and I sidestepped, catching her arm and using her momentum to pull her off balance. My other hand connected with her jaw, a clean punch that snapped her head back, and I followed it with a kick to the back of her knee
DOMINIC The first thing I registered was the ceiling. White. High. The second thing was the weight in my limbs, a heaviness that pressed me into the mattress like I had been filled with lead instead of blood. I tried to move my hand and it barely twitched. I tried to lift my head and my neck refused to cooperate. Then I heard her voice. "You left me no choice, Dominic." I turned my head slowly, the muscles in my neck screaming in protest, and found my grandmother sitting in a chair beside the bed. Her hands were folded in her lap, her posture perfect, her silver hair pinned in a neat bun. She looked exactly as she always did. Composed. Respectable. Like a woman who had never done anything wrong in her entire life. "Granny," I said. Or tried to say. It came out as a croak, my throat dry and raw. She leaned forward, her eyes soft but unyielding. "I am your grandmother, Dominic. I have only ever wanted what is best for you. You have to understand that." "What did you do to m
DOMINIC After I left Celeste, I climbed into the back of my car and let my driver pull us out into traffic, heading toward the office, and for the first time in longer than I could remember, I felt something close to peace settle over me. It turned out that when a man finally found the one, his heart simply knew it, no hesitation, no second-guessing, just a bone-deep certainty that made everything else in the world fall into its proper place. I wanted to spend the rest of my life with her. I wanted to protect her from anything and everything that dared come near her. I had never felt anything like this before. Not once, not with Seraphine, not with anyone. This was the kind of happiness that settled into your bones and made itself at home, the kind that made you think about white dresses and small hands and the sound of children's laughter bouncing off walls you had built for the people you loved. I let myself imagine it. A little girl with Celeste's eyes and Celeste's smile, her
CELESTE The first thing I registered was the ache in my shoulders, a dull throbbing that traveled up my neck and settled behind my eyes. The second thing was the rough texture of rope biting into my wrists, the kind of friction that promised bruises before I even opened my eyes to confirm my situation. I forced my lids apart and the world swam into focus. A ceiling I did not recognize. Walls painted a pale yellow that felt deliberately cheerful in a way that made my stomach turn. I was sitting on a wooden chair, my arms pulled behind my back, the rope wrapped around my wrists so tight that my fingers had started to tingle. Kidnapped. The word landed in my chest like a stone dropped into still water, sending ripples of cold dread through every part of me. Seraphine. That was the first name that surfaced, the most obvious conclusion. Who else would want me tied to a chair in a stranger's house? Who else had the combination of spite and boldness to pull something like this off
CELESTE I pushed my chair back and stood up. My heart was beating faster than it had any right to. "This might be the pain talking. I know that. But tell me you wouldn't want to see the look on their faces if they found out we were having an affair." Dominic pushed off the doorframe and moved
CELESTE Dominic didn't take me home. I didn't argue. I couldn't. The rain was coming down so hard it was impossible to see three feet in front of you, and I was soaking wet and shaking so badly I could barely hold myself upright. He spoke quietly to one of the resort staff, handed over a card
CELESTE Dominic picked me up at five. We didn't talk much in the car. What was there to say? We were either about to prove he was wrong, or we were about to have our entire lives rearranged. Rosewood Resort sat at the edge of the city, all glass and warm light and the kind of quiet money tha
CELESTE "Your husband is having an affair with my wife." The water in my mouth splashed out before I could stop it. I stared at Dominic Ford across the table, certain I had heard him wrong. I had to have heard him wrong. Because what he just said was impossible. Julian would never cheat on m







