gh above Park Avenue. Isolde sat across from the mahoga
wyer warned, steepling his fingers. "He will fight
d, her jaw set. "But
alone. Two paralegals from the law firm flanked her. The receptionist tried t
nnounced. She pushed open
her, his face twisted with rage. He threw the club at the wall, theparalegals stepped in front of Isol
ers. She threw them onto his desk. "It's over, Clark. I'm
you can take my daughter? You'll leave this marria
and placed a second document on the desk. "Have you read your own prenu
smile
arital infidelity, Mrs. Ruiz is entitled to thirty percent of the company's shares. A s
pale. "That's bu
photos of Clark and Kelsey entering a hotel room, along with a copy of Kelsey's ultras
red animal. Then, suddenly, his expression shifted. The
rce? You can have it. And you can have f
yes. This was too eas
ve one little condition. You fix the Valdez deal. You get Jacques Valdez to si
ief. "You're delusional. You r
's smile was venomous. "And if you can't close the deal, it just proves ho
impossible task. Jacques had made his feeling
ord tasting like ash in
ning his tie. "Good luck.
, she leaned against the wall, closing her eyes. How was she suppose
t the business card she had taken from Bria's pillow. She pulled out her
as a crayon drawing of a tall man in a suit, holding hands
erate plan forming in her mind. She
imes. Isolde was about to ha
s's voice was
y. "Isolde Ruiz. I need to spe
word was f
e five minutes. I can explain everyth
de could hear the faint soun
shifting. "You want to talk?
xclusive building in the city. Before I
l man's private residence at night, a man who thought s
s her onl
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