melled of roasted lamb
. The red silk dress clung to her
s sweating through his suit. He chewed with his
held a glass of Merlot. "Oops,"
ross Francisqui's la
hand slip?" K
e table. He grabbed a cloth napkin. "L
hand pressed ont
ntact. She shot out of her chair. Her hand gri
n the table. He glared at h
She couldn't breathe. She lo
w open. The butler stumbled bac
stammered. "Mr. Li
dropped his fork. It clattered aga
rle
ed black velvet suit. A cashmere blanket covered his legs. His skin was
qui's leg as if he had been burned. Every ma
He forced a sickeningly sweet smile.
didn't look at Franklin.
cisqui. He saw the wine stain.
Owen?" Burleigh's voice was smoo
own her spine. She stared back
hear the Owen Group is bleeding cash. Selli
s forehead. "Burleigh, pleas
ing?" Burleigh asked. He
d metal Centurion Black Card. He tossed it onto the ce
Burleigh said. "Sh
r face turning pur
s her opening. She walked to the table. She picked upeelchair. She leaned down. Her l
a vice. She dug her fingernails into her palms, using the sharp, grounding pain to fight the psych
ea
out her phone, her fingers flying across the screen. She held it
etely rigid. His pupils dilat
from hers. "Fascinating," he murmu
turned him around and pushed him out of the dining roo
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