Daniel stared at me as if I had just said something impossible. —You loved me? I smiled faintly. Past tense. That was apparently the part he couldn’t…

Ruby stood frozen in the middle of the marble lobby. The doors were locked. Nathaniel Graves’s guards had taken positions around every exit. And the most feared…

At exactly seven, Marcus arrived with his mother. Clara came too. That surprised me. What surprised Marcus was seeing two lawyers sitting in our living room. He…

Ethan stopped just inside the club. For several seconds, he said nothing. His eyes moved from the men around me to the dark red dress, then to…

No one spoke. The auditorium had been full of laughter seconds earlier. Now even the photographers had lowered their cameras. Adrian stared at me. —Your… boyfriend? I…

I stopped at the door. On the screen was a new question: “Should Valeria forgive Adrian and stop making trouble?” Yes. No. Adrian looked at me. —Since…

The phone rang only once. Then someone answered. No greeting. Just a low male voice: —Who is this? My throat tightened. —My name is So Dao. Silence….

Chu Tu Nien frowned slightly. —Why are you apologizing? You were the victim. His voice was still as gentle as Ha Kieu remembered. Gentle enough to make…

I looked at the two little girls hiding behind Lam Man. Then at my son’s cramped room. —Yes. Lam Man froze. —What? —I don’t welcome you. Her…