face stiffened, then

and hurled it at Zoe watching the dre

ven give me one! I hope Emery knows he's marrying a self

, pressing her hand against her sternum like sh

one on the nightstand

ng open that was unlike the weal

still for a long t

ys before h

the name Chloe

m

turned husband whose entire

ke had sent her to had been settled somewhere b

er to stare at her smooth face i

a smooth face stared right

the riveting experiences Emer

till a figh

her bed and made a list in her head instead, the way she used to

drive separating what she knew,

he just had to take ac

he threatened. Every arrangement Emery had kept quiet behind the face of a faithful

ct. She knew about the shell company registered in his cousin's name that

gs and a lot of them had not been achieved now, yet she knew that he'd alread

entioning Emery's name in circles that he could never be

er foolishness a

she not

to see Victoria always hanging around

t's because she was sensible and smarter than Victoria, so she

ropped down i

mories of her son's lifeless col

ad fast wishing

s timeline and she was dete

first' Zoe m

been trying to dismantle

the crazy patience of a boa constrictor

man expending all her connections and even her

her cheeks as the memo

into his and she'd argued with her Dad to be nicer only to see these s

ite her relentless effort to remove him from the seat o

niel

age. He had shaken her hand and looked at her, not through her the

ry at his words but noting

e and looked up the ad

ut to make

still withstanding all the negative press around him for not knowing how to relate well in o

ad the kind of face that was trained

y made-up face, "Hello ma'am. Welcome to Q

wouldn't get turned away. Her teeth bit gently into her low

raid Mr. Que

on desk, not aggressively, just with the innate confidence of someo

she played with her bag handle, hoping the brand label will c

outh, closed it, then reached

egs, set her bag on her lap, and looked at the far wall where

led, one thing she knew strongly about

e that ag

om her large towering desk, "Mr.