lobby slid open. The crisp New Yor
nto the pavement with one hand. He stopped, shrugged off his suit jacket
the jacket, It smelled of c
ion today? she thought, utterly bewil
e ignored her internal commentary and pushed the whe
He pulled open the rear door and bow
e. Her pupils dilated. She jerked
e gambler! Next week he's going to tamper with the brakes to pay
lp her stand. He froze. His da
ched his hands out
s hands away with a
ngelo snarled
ushing red. He lowered his head, hidin
ther behind her back. He lifted her effortlessly, holding her
ld her
heart fluttering before panic set back in. No
. He slammed the heavy doo
lew across the screen, sending an enc
the engine. He looked in the rearview mirr
belt tight enough to
d internally. That toxic snake Georgina
or. His voice was dead flat. "No.
he put the car in drive and
t a long, s
his private fortress. Georgina can't ge
ck against the seat, closing his eyes. His phone buzzed again
nt high-risk wire transfers to known offshore gambling havens. It was a massive
air in the back of the Maybach g
arage of the Manhattan high-rise. Kris put it
ed in and pulled Elba out, k
stared at Kris with eyes like shat
ned of all color
s from Kris's face, showing the bank statements. "Do I need to call the
collapsed onto the concre
frozen. Her
, her mind reeling. Did he pl
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