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ned her he
lier pierced her vision, forcing her to squint
th her fingertips was unfamiliar-cold, slippery sil
massive, flawless diamond ring weighed down her left ring finger, catching th
he memo
into her brain. Summer doubled over, a sharp gasp tear
y romance novel she had been reading last night. She was Summer Hayes, th
s. Her bare feet hit the freezing marble floor,
tared in absolute shock at the glamorous, perfectly contoured face staring back at her. The high cheek
ed made her freeze. A moment later, the heav
o her ears, startled in
ing strode i
o her trembling figure. The sheer physical presence o
nce between them. He tossed a thick, leathe
oed like a gunshot
sharp jawline was clenched so tight the muscle ticked visib
lian stated coldly, his baritone voice devoid of any human war
ropped straight
ically sifted through the original owner's m
d gotten drunk and loudly complained to a group of vicious so
icked out right now meant facing the brutal streets of New York with absolutely nothing.
ly swayed on her feet, letting her knees buckle just
, throwing herself onto the mattress. She let ou
, his polished oxford shoes scraping against the marble,
loll to the side. "I drank way too much of that vintage champa
ing it tightly to her chest. It was a shield to h
ke, crocodile tears that stung the corners of her eyes. "So gra
intensely searched her flushed face, looki
ent pulled the custom-tailored fabric of his
nt strictly dictates absolute confidentiality regar
actually made herself genuinely dizzy. She los
h a heavy thud. She threw her right arm dramatic
voice into a fake, sleepy, and incohe
burned. She waited to see if he
m. The silence stretched for a long, suffocatingly ten
e turned o
d sharply and rhythmically against
door clicked shut
iling and finally exhaled a massive, shaky sigh of relief. Her
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