the dining room

" Dominic's voice was a low growl

stared at Matilda's empty

"Your life? Everything you ha

fear or anger, met his. "Then I'm giving it

rkened. The mention of

red in the doorway. "Sir. Madam. Madam Mat

beneath her. She caught herself on the edge of the table, instinct

mahogany and lined with books that were never read

ez the moment she entered. "As long as I am al

idn't

d it, and placed it on the polished su

n was the te

ic, let's ge

ic: "

id, her voice calm and even. "

the phone, her gaze darting between

is mask of control cracked completely. He had never imagined h

down on the desk. Her fury, which had been a

roared, her voice sh

his jaw tight,

a new kind of pain - disappointment. "Have you forgotten wh

d you? The words echoed in her mind. Another pie

. "Seven years ago, you knelt to avoid your duty for her! Now, you agree to a divorce

ez saw Dominic flinch. She saw him, cornered and expose

tion. Only a profoun

She just wanted to l

her hand trembling with the urge to throw i

u now, as long as I draw breath, Alona Zimmerman will ne

gaze back to Inez. "And you.

out flinching. "Then I

and walked out of the study, leav