She briefly shut her eyes, and then looked at him again, her gaze mocking yet calm. “I truly wish that your long wait will be rewarded, and that you’ll capture her heart.”
What she implied was clear—”I hope you and Linda end up together forever, sparing the rest of us any trouble.”
“Hadley!” That was the last straw. Eric’s temper flared.
He removed his hand from her face, his fist tightening. Anger consumed him, pushing him to the brink of violence.
Hadley had always been his woman, his cherished one.
Never, in his wildest dreams, would Eric have raised a hand to a woman—least of all, her.
Yet the inferno burning within his chest spiraled beyond his control. With a ragged breath, he clenched his fist and hurled it downward with raw force.
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