“Julian Sterling, you are suspended, effective immediately, pending a full federal forensic audit.

Security will see you out.” Julian looked from the folder to Eleanor to Harrison to me, and I watched the whole architecture of the man come down at once, and I felt nothing but a clean cold air moving through the space where ten years of love had been.

Chapter 14 — This Belongs to Me

Victoria tried to slip toward the exit in the chaos, and I stepped, without hurry, into her path.

I reached out and caught the rose-gold chain at the back of her neck, and I unclasped my sapphire with a small, gentle click, and I lifted it away from her throat.