Chapter 9

The reflection in the floor-to-ceiling mirror of the hotel suite belonged to a stranger. Or rather, Nora realized with a quiet sense of clarity, it belonged to the woman she had always been beneath the suffocating layers of Julian’s control.

Gone were the soft, pastel hues he insisted b

Chapter 10

The silence in the ballroom shattered into a frenzy of murmurs and camera clicks.

Julian stood frozen on stage, the legal documents trembling in his grip. The meticulously crafted facade of the brilliant, untouchable CEO was cracking live on camera. He looked down at Vivienne, who was

Chapter 11

The electronic click of the hotel room door unlocking sounded like a gunshot in the quiet suite.

Nora Sterling did not flinch. She sat in the high-backed armchair by the window, the glittering skyline of the city sprawling out behind her in the dark. She had known he would come. Julian