he bright light hit Bartholomew directly in the eyes. He groaned and roll
his hand to hit Casey's warm shoulder. He expecte
pace. The bedsheets
es and pushed himself up onto his elb
His voice was thick an
. The penthouse
or. He stood up and rubbed his temples. As he turned toward the bathr
ped bre
y centered on the table. Underneath the
the table. The metal bit into his palm. He turned and marched straight into the w
er bags were untouched. But the bottom corner of the shelf was
bedroom. She kept her head bowed and he
ling. "Mrs. Hendricks left at two in
w the diamond ring onto the vanity table. It bounce
He clenched his jaw. He was convinced this was just an escalat
e found her contact and pressed call. He
mmediately answered. "The number
d bloc
pped the phone so hard his knuckles popped
t to stop this childish game and come home. If you do not walk through that door by eight
bed. He ripped his bathrobe off and walked in
owded coffee shop smelled like roasted beans and burnt toa
ay hoodie and her faded jeans. She took a massive bite out o
Paige slid a tall iced oat
e gilded prison," Paige
offee. Before she could take a sip, her phone lit up on the tab
She tapped the screen and
e small space between them. He threatened to
bright red with anger. She opened her
delete icon. The voicemail vanished. She went into h
laptop and logged i
ood production company. They were offering to double their previous bi
ve reply. She refused the buyout. She demanded to be named the Execu
n. She saw the dollar amount in the email chain. Paig
ing at Casey in pure shock. "You have been p
picked up her bagel and took another bite. The
icks Group building in Manhattan, Cash Bass kno
ugh his suit. Bartholomew was sitting behind hi
ccounts. Mrs. Hendricks has not swiped
pensive fountain pen into the document he was signing. Th
?" Bartholome
three blocks away. We've lost the trail for now. She paid in cash and got out at a crowded subway station in Brooklyn, intentionally mixing i
liar sensation crawled up his spine. It was the feeling of total loss of contro
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