Chapter 41
Cynthia’s slender frame tembled as her wide eyes locked on Zachary in front of her.
Zachary kissedhen. His lips were shockingly warm, his scent enveloping her senses.
No matter how much shined to comince bepoelt it wasn’t real, the sensation way too vividio dismiss. İ mind went blank. It was completely short–circuited. Zachary didn’t linger. He pree her a punishing hive before pulling back, his gare settling in het now–flushed lig
“Call me that again, and
state to bite harder,” he warned–coolly betour smiling out of the simm
Chia stood round to the spot leastACTOR.
For five whole minutes, she didn’t move. The lingering warmth of his lips and his scent clung to her, ncaking it impossible to process what had just happened.
No, wait—it wasn’t a loss was a hite, It was his way of punishing her
Zachary, now in the hallwar, wasn’t much calmer. Frustrated, he yanked at his tie and rubbed his temples.
Damn in Why had he reacted so strongly to being called her boother–in–low? Why had he lost control and kisted her?
What was even me infuriating was that he did’t hate the kak
Meanwhile, Jesse, who was on ware upstairs to report Liam’s escape, passed mild–step. He frowned as he saw Zachary emerge from the medical room, his expression stormy and intense. What was going on with him?
Before jagse could make sense of, Cynthia darted out of the room, her delicate frame moving in a panicled hurry as she toureated to her room
Wam. What jum happened between them? And—was that a kiss mark on her lips?
Jesse’s eyes widened in shock. Did the untouchabla Zach just kiss a woman who had been through humiliation?
It was absolutely mind–blowing
thur right, a gentle drizzle began. The soft rain silently fell to the ground. It seemed intent on washing away the races of yesterday as if to hide what had been left behind
Cynthia didn’t sleep well. Her dreams were plagued by macies from four years ago–memories she desperately wanted to escape. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t break free from the suffocating hold of tight.
The scene shifted, and suddenly, the was in the delivery room. The unbearable pain seared through her as blood soaked the bed she remembered the agony of her child being taken from her arms, the Beartbreak of taped separation.
Cynthia bolted upright, gasping for air. Her body was drenched in cold sweat as her eyes darted around the quiet room. Outside, the rain continued to fall softly, Relieved, she ran her fingers through her hali
It was just a idheart. It was over.
e had a simple, stable life and a sweet and adorable daughter. Once she made amends with Mason, she would return home and keep bukling a better life. Avoiding Zachary would definately make things easier.
The sudden chine of her phone book he thoughts. howing, she glanced at the screen and now a number she didn’t recognize. After hesitating for a moment, she answered, “Hello? Who’s
“Hi, I’m a courier. Your daughter, Yasmine, and Dolly add me to deliver something important to you.
you. They said you need to sign for it personally.
An dispontane de livery? Neither Younbe no Dolly mentioned aupthing roler,
“Ir training, I dos Thave an unduella, so please hotty,” the man added impatiently.
Cynthia agred before hanging up the phone, the hurtled to her test, grabbed a light jacket, and Lushed out the door,
I was 2 am, and the world outside bed with e. Prople handed to mak, patents dropped the kid off at school, and the streets cattled an air of peaceful normalcy. Cynolda qurkly spotted a man in a blue contier unikum, standing near the road with his hat patted low,
Before she could fish, a cold blade pressed against her neck.
