Left In The Dust, Now I Shine Again

Evelyn still hadn't s

already at death's door, and that

, she sat in the presidential suite of the Prime H

nd the Bensons was gone. Her face

most trusted subordinate, h

Boss, after everything the Bensons put you through, why wo

ne in her glass while the city l

everyone he trained. The trail went cold right here. Only one famil

firm, "The only way to find out what really happened is to get inside the Mil

eturned to a villa, where she had

bedroom door an

room. A man walked out, bare-chested,

m. His body looked tight and well-defined. His face was stunnin

's brow furrowed as he stu

on girl they mar

expression and slipped back into the m

he sofa. He sat, picked up a glass-flui

n the dim light, making his e

words. "I only heard

, as if she had said some

obediently and stop

atched her wrist and y

landed against him. His cold fingers c

man. What did the Bensons promise y

ll the faint medicinal bitterness

ho let her feelings for a man control everything. Yet the fear on h

much sharper-and far more dangero

me out soft, with a hint of challenge underneath. "You're overthinking it

ed from Kellan's face, and his gri

even as he leaned in closer, s

a claim on my inheritance when I die?" His voice

elyn lifted her head and

ore asking quietly, "How exactly do you

datory, like a wolf

ger, Evelyn tri

wrapped an arm around her

them grew heav

follow through, and her whole body wen

he supposedly sick man out, he stopped abruptly

st. I'm afraid I won't

e bedroom without looking back, his manner dist

ack against the bed. That was close-his

..

Kellan sat across from each

He still looked pale, but there was no hiding the

asually, "My sister Jessica and Simon are having t

while turning a pag

ced up. "Wi

n engagement party that connected the Benson and Elliott families. He

as clear-he w

mpt. Of course not-a dying man would

rig