The Abandoned Wife

"I would say I'm pretty easy on the eyes. Getting to sleep with me isn't that much of a loss for you." He tucked a finger under her chin and lifted it so that she was looking right at him. "You truly are a delicacy. I

hope you won't forget me anytime soon."

As he spoke, his hand began to slide down Aubree's neck, and he started to bend down until he was hovering right over her.

She snapped back to her senses and pushed his hand away with a scowl on her face. "Get out! Don't make me repeat myself!"

The man chuckled amusedly at her angry look and actually began to walk out.

Soon enough, Aubree was left alone in the hotel room

She began to look around her, trying to recall what had happened last night.

No matter how much she tried to make sense of her surroundings, she just couldn't remember what happened.

assumed that someone had been hired to

didn't look like someone who could be hired. In fact, he looked more like the

that.

had actually transpired, she

radiating from her waist, she got out of bed and was

The man had returned.

hotel robe around her, glaring at him

was holding. "You must be exhausted after everything that happened last night, Ms. Pearson. I went to buy some breakfast for you." Then, with a smirk,

was bright red with shame and anger. "Stop looking at

He obediently turned around.

he turned back around and nonchalantly placed her breakfast on the table before beckoning for her to

the robe around herself. Still, she felt much more confident now that

do you know who I am?" she asked,

"It's not that hard to figure out. Is there a single person in Horington who doesn't know about you and Mr. Farwell?"

man shrugged, unfazed, before laying her

a

undone, and that man had already told her that he knew about her and Lucian's relationship. She suspected that the worst-case scenario was that he