As dawn's first light crept in, he slumped over the bedside and drifted into a fitful sleep, only to wake to a cold emptiness and a check for five million dollars lying where Quinn had been. It was the only trace she had left behind.
When family matters forced him away from Sutherton for two weeks, he returned to find her already arm in arm with Ethan, their relationship splashed across every tabloid.
Cyrus snuffed out those fledgling feelings before they could take root.
Quinn stirred, her eyelids fluttering like butterfly wings as she sensed an intense gaze. When she looked up, his dark eyes bored into hers, unblinking and magnetic.
She jerked her head away, her cheeks burning. "How long have you been watching me? You should have woken me."
"Just got here," Cyrus drawled, that trade
