e Ste
a sound of pure, undiluted rage. "Do you have any i
d and instead clasped the body chain around her own slender wrisgriffin crest caught the light again. "But it's the f
efully chosen dagger aimed
out, his face turning a dark shade of red. "Y
e answered vaguely, her eyes wide and innocent. She wanted him to blame himself, to fee
seemingly careless movement that brought her rumpl
ropping to a husky, intimate whisper.
l shattered. The thought of his sister, his Chloe, in bed
you move," he commanded, his voice a low, d
ced with mock surprise. "Aren't you about to make history?
" the meticulously planned proposal, the waiting media. On the o
Andrew's background. "Andrew, darling,
Sloane
. Perfect. She wanted
his shoulder, waving a dismissive hand at Sloa
indow. The movement made the silk of her nightgown ripple. "Which is perfect, because I have to g
with insinuation, a direct hit to An
ring you to stay in that a
girl you can command anymore," Chlo
ld say another word
fening. Chloe's playful smile vanished
ge, stared at her, speechless. "You... y
in from her wrist and tossing it back into its velve
ension. It was all an act. A brillian
lerate the idea of a Sterling daughter being involved with a Kensington
or the second thing. Find the best private investigato
word she says. Especially what she's really doing this afternoon
tched Andrew's face contort with fury, a
mind at war. The stage was s
echoed in his head like a curse. He
e had forced him into a cor
seat, his knuckles white from the g
loe's bed, at the griffin crest on the bo
Kensi
rned a hole
his contacts for a second-then he found the n
Kensi
m the video call-a clear image of the Kensington crest on Chloe'
typed
. Deleted it again. In th
nd I'll destroy yo
for a moment.
he should have done-giving that bastard leverage, exposing h
hone
s lit up t
ible
eply. No denial. No ex
He hurled the phone against the se
for himself that Chloe wasn't in that apartment. H
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