aned back into the leather sofa, h
a subtle, dismissive gesture that
uming Hardin wanted to see her comple
bottle of Louis XIII and sl
r barked, pointing at the floor, "get on yo
Tucker. Her eyes were wide
pocket, pulled out a thick stack of hundred-dolla
k and burst open. The bills
s sneered. "Just get on your
breathing. Ten
e ICU flashed in her mind. The heavy weig
d her head and l
begging him silently to st
and took a sip of his whiskey. He did not say a si
ttered into a mill
to tremble. Slowly, agonizingly, her
icked grin on his face, ready to
from the carpet, the heavy door
ran in, complet
. "There is a guy outside screaming. He says his
Her body jerked upward as
Her olde
a sudden burst of adrenaline. She ra
to block her, but Har
instantly s
, down the hallway, and burst t
ly. She ran into the dark, fi
rflowing dumpst
the Harvard graduate, was pinned face-down
was covered in blood and mud. In his fist, he
avy combat boot and stomped do
blood-curdling sc
laina s
he mud, grabbing the thu
ding hard on the rough pavement. The skin on her p
illion dollars," the thug spat down at her. "If
he puddle. He looked at Alaina, taking in her
d the mud f
o his knees in the filthy water, and he bowe
g in the mud, something insid
t serving drinks in a club would never
e ground. Her eyes were complete
alked slowly back towar
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