und of its lock engaging echoing in the silent room. The air smelled o
dim light filtering through the curtains, she saw the silhouette of a man sitting
her reason. She saw the man's shape, his broad shoulders, and her d
, her voice raw. She grabbed the front of h
felt a wave of cold disapproval radiate from
id, his voice lo
e stumbled back toward him, her body screaming for a release she didn't un
r away again, paused as it brushed against her feverishly
annoyance. This woman wasn't drunk. She'd been drugged.
ds fumbled uselessly at the buckle of his belt. "Please," she so
tear-streaked face. Something inside him, a cold, d
tered, more to hi
s he hauled her toward the en-suite bathroom. He forced her under the shower, turning the dial to freezing cold. She shrieked, the icy water shocking her system, but he held her there, a stone wall against her frantic struggles, until the violent heat in her blood began to subside. It to
p in the curtains, hitting Katrina's eyes. She woke to a se
ight flooded back, fragmented and shameful
er. His wide, muscular back was covered
rom the bed, her movements careful. As she reached for her cloth
Grand Complication, its platinum
the down payment on their apartment. It was a piece available only to a sele
the clothes draped over a chair. A bespoke suit from Savile Row, id
l blow. Dallas, with his new-money insecurities and tight-fi
She had slept with someone from a wor
tirred, a low groan
ulling it on with frantic, clumsy fingers. She didn't bother
the hallway seemin
was deep, raspy with sleep, and he
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