ling shut echoed through the empty ma
e, broken only by the low hum
iled. He ripped his arm away from Hazel's shou
ard, putting three feet of p
nto the inner pocket of his suit jacket and pulled
touched her shoulder. Every swipe of the fabric was precise, radiating an overwhelming, silent
ded the contaminated silk with rigid, calculated movements and slid it into a separa
ay something he used to touch her had f
ly calm. She adjusted the collar of her shirt and
. Her voice was flat, carrying no emotion
e turned his head, his dark eyes
intimacy they had just performed outsid
dangerous rumble. "Leave the theatrics outside. Do no
zero interest in your private life. As long as the mon
ir between them crackled with hostility. Arthur, standing nearr, breaking the standoff. "Mr. King, Miss Ro
is back on them, and strode down the hallway,
st the floor. She watched his broad, tense back, feeling a de
rriage registration forms across a polished
and slashed his signature across the paper with violent, aggressiv
wn. It hit the wood
p the pen, her grip relaxed. She signed
el
t add the
with a heavy embosser. "Congratu
Arthur stepped forward, quickly sl
ed at the raised seal. A massive weight lifte
ordered, already walking toward the exit. "I am
damp alley behind the building. A black SUV idled
elf into the corner of the leather seat. He closed his eyes and pinched
in. She sat as far away from Karson as physically pos
f the alley, carrying the newly minted, entirely
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