Chapter 173

“Grady, where’s that chick you’re talking about? Mark’s eyes darted around realess with arigation

He only saw Eric as a pawn. Family? That was analog to Mito–te a word people used.

If Eric could drag Yolanda over, Mark would get what he wanted. And if anything blew up. Eric would be the one dealing with Charles’s fury, not him. With Joelle bark, Charles was hung up on his old flame angways he probably couldn’t care less what happened to his wife

Mark swallowed hard, feeling heat flare in his cheu–the desire was borning him up.

He was dead set on finding out where Yolanda had been showing up lately. He was going to nail that tease no

matter what.

Yolanda was nothing but trouble–she’d known how to get under his skin since they were kick. No wonder she’d been stuck in his mind all these years.

Mark couldn’t hide his excitement as he hurried outside.

“Let me ask around, I’ll figure it out soon enough,” he said

Eric was pretty hyped himself. He couldn’t wait to see if she was really as gorgeous as everyone said.

As Mark climbed into his car, he whipped out his phone and shot Yolanda another sleazy text.

He’d never backed off from her all these years–every time he fired off one of those messages, it was as if he’d already had her in his bed, leaving him smug and totally satisfied.

Meanwhile, Yolanda swapped into a whole new getup–a hat pulled low, a mask covering her face, and clothes that screamed sporty but flew totally under the radar. Whenever she passed herself off as lan’s manager, her look would shift; she kept things youthful and stayed covered from head to toe so nobody would ever recognize her.

Once she stepped into his room, Yolanda finally peeled off her hat and mask, then gently checked his forehead for any leftover fever.

Thankfully, his fever had broken.

Her gaze dropped, and that’s when she spotted several purplish bruises on him. Her brows knitted. “Ian, are you seeing someone?”

very clear, mostly

his lashes

collar. The black shirt

scattering from his chest all the

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not dating someone, then who gave you these marks?” she asked,

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Yolanda–you’re a married woman. Do the love bites in your house

went bright

someone? Get

popping one button after another. The bruises across his waist

when Ian suddenly shoved her away and spat out a

and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. “Did you really get banged

lashes fluttered, and his Adam’s apple bobbed

worry about me,” he

but Ian caught her hand.

as he pressed her hand softly to his cheek. “I promise, I’m okay. I just want to give everything I’ve got in every scene. My role in this drama is a street punk who gets beaten up a lot early on. To keep it

heart twisted with sympathy. She leaned in, so close she could

prickle all over, his muscles going instantly taut. But just then, the

May stepped inside.

grabbed the blanket and

her hand over her eyes. “Oh my god,

eyes as he slowly

her lips landed right on his

twisted with annoyance. “Hey! This is my hospital room. Who are you

now!”

a sideways glance, sounding totally chill. “Mom, you walked into

finally checked the room number, instantly realizing

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