y wooden door shut. She rushed to the marble sink, turned on
t her bloodshot eyes in the mirror. Her che
aper towel, dried her face, and
onces. She kept her head down, smoothing the silk of
e-a harsh mix of medical
strong hand shot out, gripping her
r of amber irises. The man was staring down at her
letely unbuttoned, looking entirely out of plac
eyes raking over her expensive
m out of his grip. "Thank you," she said co
entionally blocking her path.
her ear. "That dress looks expensive," he whispere
his chest hard. "Excuse me? You
and pulling out a silver Zippo lighter. He flipped it openr. He looked at her with the cold
ber eyes piercing right through her defenses. "Kendrick isn't raising a wife. He's curating a very rare, very frag
image of the needle piercing her vein that morning flashed behind her eyes, followed by the metallic taste of the neon-g
She pressed her back against the wall, her teeth biting dow
plex-something like regret-flashed in his amber eyes
from the end of the hallway. Kendric
out and slipped a stiff, black business card
hem. He raised his voice, adopting a sleazy, drunken tone. "I
ocked onto Cayden, their hands instinctively dropping to their
self," the lea
azy smile on his face. "Relax, boys. Jus
then turned and sauntered down the s
letely devoid of emotion. "Mr. Pope is
sharp edges of the black card hidden in he
smile back onto her face, and followed the guard
e saw her, his dark eyes scanned her body like
lf to hold his gaze, while her heart
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