Semua Bab The Runaway Heiress:Seven Days of Sin: Bab 201 - Bab 210

Charli "I can't." Nox's deep voice echoed from the walls of my newly decorated office. Their vibrations amplified within my soul, the meaning lost as I searched his icy blue stare. I can't. Indecision and uncertainty rushed through me. Who was this man? Did I even know? Nothing mattered but t

"I’ve already asked the most important one." Nox's eyes narrowed in a silent warning, telling me to avoid the subject that loomed around us, the figurative elephant prancing around the room, its trunk raised like a trumpet alarming each of us of its path of destruction. A momentary tinge of apprehe

I paced back and forth, waiting for Patrick to answer. The anticipation set my already overwrought nerves into overdrive. Each one zinged to life until my skin felt stretched—too small for my bones. "Mr. Richardson, my name is Deloris Witt. I work for Lennox Demetri." Pause. "Yes, I see." Pause. "T

Charli "You know you can't leave him," Patrick said as he squeezed my knee. "I can tell you're upset. I don't know what he did, but you simply can't. It's not allowed." I twisted the stem of the wine glass, the red liquid swirling within the globe. Thankfully, Cy wasn't home and it was just Patric

I sucked in my breath. I'd had the ringer off. I'd told Nox the ball was in his court, and then I wasn't there when he lobbed it back. I hit the small icon. Two missed calls—Deloris and Bryce. The boa squeezed tighter. Nox hadn't tried to call. A tear escaped my eye as I brushed it away. I would