Shattered Vows: The Genius Wife Returns

ed on the neon lights outside the floor-to-ceiling windows. The antique clock on t

f congealed fat. Beside it sat an unopened bottle of Romanée-Conti. A sharp cramp twisted through her empty st

d thump of footsteps breaking the quiet. Kimberley pushed herself up from t

it slightly rumpled, his silk tie loosened at the collar. He carried a lingering scent of ho

clutching a pastel pink bakery box tied with a

with a sharp clatter. His grey eyes swept over the can

up? I told yo

ging around the boy's neck was a brilliant antique sapphire pendant-the sol

quick step back, his small hand

Aunt Gladyce's birthd

freezing air, locking her lungs tight. F

hree slow steps toward her son, her voi

your grandmother. Why i

with open disgust, dodgi

w dress! She is sick in the hospital

efore she pulled them back into a tight fist. She looked up at

his pocket, looking down at

ospital sharing a cake for her birthday. It is just an old n

uffs, tossing his

ecking account tomorrow morning. Go buy whatever you want on Fifth Aven

ps. The sound was so devoid of emotion that At

five years. Instead, she turned around and walked toward the private study, h

t her back, his

s attitude right now. M

the bottom desk drawer, pulled out a thick manila folder that had been sitting beneath her fi

linic receipts, and handwritten itineraries for family vacations that

ery single scrap of her wasted d

she walked back out to the living room. Her slipp

a glass of scotch at the b

Clean up the dining

lammed the papers onto the polished m

ped against the ston

ve at eight tomorrow morning

caught his eye instantly: Marriage Di

avy crystal tumbler, the skin ov

ession hardening into

get my attention? Do you honestly believe you can

hands by the sof

an marry Aunt Gladyce! I will never

ven ripple the surface of her calm. She simply picked up the Montblanc pen from the counte

cross the marble until

r's necklace tomorrow morning. Do no

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