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nk in the top-floor restroom of the Plaza Hotel. Her lungs pulled in shallow, ragged breaths. A foreig
ror had flushed cheeks and dilated pupils. The champa
door, a hushed giggl
five minutes. She won'
e reached out with trembling hands and twisted the brass faucet. Ice-cold w
the neckline of her silk evening gown. Her mind remained sharp, fueled by a spike of adrenaline that cut right through the phys
a shield.
f the room, swirling his whiskey, watching the Cantu family with a look of absolute, bored d
he dispenser. She scrubbed the water from h
ool carpet swallowed the sound of her heels. She kept her back straig
lting off her bones, the physical symptoms escalating, but her focus narrowed with de
the corridor. The presidential suite. She pulled
le
hit the wood twice mor
A wave of cool air, carrying the sharp scent
lack robe. His dark hair was messy, and his deep-set
r flushed chest, the erratic pulse at her
epped forward, letting her knees buckle just en
waist. The heat radiating from her skin seep
my door at this hour?" His voice was a low, gr
trembling with an unnatural, consuming he
of the Cantu f
t in his eyes darkened into something dang
steel bands. He lifted her off her feet
nged the room into
sive king bed. He stood over her, his hands sliding into the pockets
p and grabbed the collar of her ruined gow
om her throat. She reached her hand out, her fingers
es. He knew exactly what she was doi
, his hands pinning her wrists to the mattress. Hi
the suite swal
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