lammed the heavy oak door shut behind him.
o the window, shoving one hand into his poc
over her chest, her posture defensive, her eyes trac
ed into his custom-tailored jacket and pulled out
ripped the check out and tossed it into the air. It fluttered do
ripping with venom. "Take it, and disappear from
didn't look down at the paper
h. "Is the life of the great Domi
His paranoia flared into a raging fire
owering frame cast a dark shadow over her. The sheer physical intimida
hers. "You think you can use a cheap parlor trick on a train to mar
tional eyes. A pulse of anger beat in
, gasping for air under the oxygen mask. Inge
Inger wouldn't dare touch Almon's medical fundin
anger vanished, replaced
ue mahogany desk in the corner. She grab
id, the pen scratching rapidly across the paper. "But we both have a p
arrowing into suspicious s
ing up. "We fake an engagement for one month. A
e one: Zero interference in each other's private lives.
h. "No physical contact? Don't flatte
rty days, the Church Group will provide a medical sponsorship to the Bowers famil
polished wood toward him. She looked up, her eyes completely devoi
s bleeding him for cash. But thirty days of peace to appease his grandmother's failing h
the desk and slashed his signature across the bottom
h quick, precise movements. She folded her c
c warned, his voice a low, dangerous ru
k of exhaustion crossing her face. "I
rous shade of red. The vein i
between them thick with mutual ha
turned, grabbed the brass doorkno
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