“How do you know my name?” she asked. “I know your name, your address, your employment history and the approximate balance of your brother’s medical debt.” Nora slowly lowered the...
Into his ear she whispered, “You wanted a Costa wife. Apparently you got one.” Then she disappeared into the crowd. The women’s lounge was lined with black marble and gold...
She pointed through the window. “Did you really need four SUVs?” “My mother thinks it’s excessive.” “Your mother sounds reasonable.” “She wants to meet you.” Emma stared at him. “Why?”...
“Do you need something?” Her tone was not rude. That somehow irritated him more. “I asked you to stop.” “Okay.” She sat back against her heels. Dominic waited for the...
“They were watching for strangers.” “And you?” “I was watching hands.” Gabriel stopped a few feet away. “You’re finished cleaning floors.” Panic shot through her. “Please, Mr. Rossi. My sister’s...
Not because she had rejected him. Because he understood why. “Sit.” She obeyed. Vincent quietly brought the medical kit kept in Gabriel’s office. Gabriel crouched several feet in front of...
“After Le Clovis?” “About forty minutes after.” Nora stared at him. “That’s impossible.” Greg had left the restaurant barely able to use his hands. Lorenzo’s men had dumped him outside...
“Then what are you doing?” “Paying attention to your daughter.” That stopped him. Nora softened her voice. “Arthur, I’m not trying to replace Evelyn.” His jaw moved. “Good.” “I couldn’t...
Calling for help was unthinkable. If Paulie entered and saw her lying on Victor, she doubted she would survive long enough to explain. Five minutes, she decided. She would wait...
“Why are you still here?” Marisol looked at him as though the question confused her. “Because you are.” His eyes closed again. Outside, tires finally crunched over gravel. A...
Do you want company? Chloe looked toward the bedroom where her husband was laughing quietly on the phone with another woman. Yes. Twenty minutes later, headlights swept across the front...
At the time, nothing about it seemed amusing. “The car is useless,” Vanessa snapped as Derek stood over the open hood with his phone pressed to his ear. “The tow...
“Then what?” Rachel looked at her carefully. “I think you keep lowering the ceiling and then praising him for not hitting his head.” Nora had rolled her eyes. At the...
“With what?” Emma looked at him almost sadly. “You never asked.” His face hardened. “I gave you this life.” “You gave me rooms, Alexander. A life is something else.” “I...
“Does that mean we stay?” Elena closed her eyes. Adrian looked down. “That is your mother’s decision.” Mia hugged Elena’s leg. “Please, Mommy. Rex needs me.” Rex lifted his...
She began leaving enough coffee in the pot for two. One night, Adeline fell asleep reading in the library. Her notebook slipped open beside her. Cassian bent to pick it...
By lunchtime she had nearly convinced herself that the night before had meant nothing. Then she passed Hudson in the hallway. He carried a bottle. Not an assistant. Not a...
She glanced over. “Like what?” “Like they’re people.” “Most horses listen better.” He almost smiled. Almost. She carried two full water buckets across the barn without resting. Wyatt watched her....
She enjoyed that exchange for perhaps thirty seconds. Then fear returned. Fear was not evidence that Eleanor lacked courage. Fear was the price of knowing exactly what failure would cost....
“What debt belonged to her brother?” Cobb blinked. “Well, Samuel Mercer owed the county nine dollars and forty cents in burial expenses, and there is—” Harland reached into his coat...