THE CEO'S MISTREATED WIFE
"A placeholder to satisfy my father’s dying wish. You don't bring a placeholder to the front lines. You leave it in the background where it belongs."
"Well, the 'background' is going to get real crowded soon," Rick chimed in, his tone dropping into something more conspiratorial. "I saw the headlines this morning. The Paris Fashion Week wrap-up."
My heart skipped a beat. Paris.
"She’s coming back, isn't she?" the blonde one asked.
"May 14th," Rogue said.
His voice changed. The coldness, the sharp edges, the bored indifference—it all vanished. For the first time, I heard something in his tone that he had never, not once, given to me: reverence.
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