جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 110

DOMINIC I sat in my office at Veil Holdings, staring at the same file on my computer for what felt like the tenth time without absorbing a single word. My hands rested on the desk in front of me and I looked down at them, at the veins running across the backs, at the gold band on my finger that I

I shook my head. "All the other men you assigned are still around. You even put someone to protect Celeste, like I asked. You have been by my side for days. I am sure your business is suffering. Go and focus on it." "Maybe tomorrow," he said. "Tonight, I will stay by your side. Just to be safe and

She flinched. "I gave you divorce papers some time ago," I continued. "You signed them. Right in front of me. Whether you read them or not is not my concern. The divorce has been processed and that is your copy." I looked at her steadily. "From this point forward, you and I have nothing to do with

My thoughts drifted from the room to Dominic. I remembered the way his arms felt when they wrapped around my waist, solid and secure. The look in his eyes when he wanted me, dark and focused and hungry. The way he smiled when I said something that caught him off guard, that small curve at the corner

A beat of quiet on his end. He did not say it back. Of course he did not. That was not who we were. That was not what this was. I knew that and the small quiet on the other end of the line was a reminder delivered without malice but landing nonetheless. After the call, I sat on the edge of th