. She pushed through the heavy fire
eezed her eyes shut, trying to process the London acquisition file she
stairwell door o
o his headset, rushing toward the elevator bank
ridor w
nd. In her stocking feet, she moved silently across the thick car
water echoed from the private washroom at
She scanned the surface, but the Londo
throat. She reached for th
dge of the desk vibrated. The screen lit up. Th
against her ribs. Her i
d out. She tapped the green acc
ad
oy, crying. "Daddy, when are y
n the room vanished. The word Daddy
ak, breathless, and painfully gentle. "Leo, sweetheart, g
The woman from
e desk to stay standing. The blood roared in her ears. A sickeni
n the washr
face with a towel, his dress s
fro
burner phone on the desk. The little boy's crie
ltered-flashed acr
desk, his thumb aggressively jabbing the end call button.
roared. The veins in his neck bulge
hysterical, broken laugh
voice trembling with venom. "
is the bastard, Haiden? Were you planning to drain my grandfather'
allowed Haiden's eye
gging painfully into her flesh. "Shut your mouth,
ignited the explos
er feet, and slapped him across the fac
k echoed off t
e. A bright red handprint instan
as he slowly turned his head to look at her. His eyes w
. She grabbed her shoes and bolted
button, tears of pure r
erself into the driver's seat of her Aston Martin. Her hands
the Maybach's system wasn't active yet; the estate's head of security had demanded a face-to-face meeting to hand over the credentials, and she hadn't found a safe window to sneak away from Haiden's watchful eyes. So she was stuck doing this the old
ybach, Haiden pressed a cold i
buzzed. Dr
rdiac arrest. We revived her, but Leo
n his chest. Finley's misunderstanding was total and abso
Haiden ordered his d
reeching to a halt outside the hospital. Haiden th
rtin quietly pulled to the c
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