Chapter 5  Mia volunteered to teach me.  “Beginners fall a lot, let me show Sage the ropes.”  Kieran glanced at her and nodded: “Mia’s really good, stick with her.”  He…

Chapter 4  Back at the apartment, I packed up all of Kieran’s stuff.  Things he’d given me-straight into the trash.  Things I’d given him-burned what could burn, cut up the…

Chapter 3  Kieran went into an upscale club where the security guards bowed and scraped to him-obviously a regular.  I followed him in.  Standing in the hallway shadows, I peered…

Chapter 2  The trial process would be extremely painful because of the drug’s properties.  And the chances of recovery were incredibly low.  So no patient wanted to gamble on those…

Chapter 1  The day I got my cancer diagnosis, I made the most insane decision of my life-got myself a broke, mute college hottie.  He was gorgeous in that cold,…

Chapter 6  Jack Garcia, who’d never bought me a single gift, now stood holding an armful of lavish boxes.  He shoved them into my hands, urgency in his voice:  “Emily,…

Chapter 5  “The truth about Jack Garcia’s car plunging into the water is also in these documents.”  From the corner of my eye, a figure scrambled backward and fled.  Terry…

  Chapter 4  The next day, the Garcia Group’s centennial unfolded with opulent extravagance.  As the festivities peaked, Aaron led me by the hand into the grand hall, making a…

  Chapter 3  I sneered. Too late-I’d already saved the screenshots before speaking.  Three days later, I was finally discharged.  Returning to Jack’s villa, I overheard the servants fawning over…

  Chapter 2  I stood frozen in place, utterly lost.  The doctor gave me an apologetic look before cold anesthesia flooded my veins.  As I collapsed onto the gurney, Jack’s…