Turn
med to vanish f
o miss. It was the same sharp, ruthless face plastered across Forbes covers,
, his jaw slack as
at. Her carefully maintained poise vanished instantly, th
inst my cold skin. Towering over Da
his deep voice echoing off the narrow walls.
e bobbing frantically as he tried to
le! How could a nobody like her be dating someone like you? She's playing you, Mr.
a short, humo
o of my hand only to slide his arm firmly aroun
s, the solid warmth of his body su
as flat, carrying the quiet, terrifying authority of a ma
ead toward Carlene, his face red and sweaty. "Carlene! Didn't yo
o clasp them together in front of her stomach. Sh
er voice shaking. "Amaya never breathed a wo
lue eyes, shifting his g
ard were still alive to see you pimping out the girl he raised to
lapped her across the face. Her head snapped down
out of that VIP room two seconds ago. He had he
y, his cold gaze droppin
hands on her w
shoved his right hand behind his back,
ack to the table, Mr. Leonard! I swear I
ight tilt of his chin toward the sui
hly and held out a crisp, matte-bla
el for Apex Capital," the assistant
ght, you can expect a call from our litigation team to
ace. He couldn't even bring himself to reach for the card. Everyone working on State Street kne
just get Davey fired-it would get him blacklist
ce cracked in sheer panic, his hands coming up defensively. "I'm sorry
tly on my waist, his thum
I break the hand you touched
behind in the dining room, he spun around and bolted down the hallway,
ath I felt like I had been
oned by her prize catch. She forced a stiff, ugly smil
ng since Richard's funeral," she said, try
other? Brodie is coming home next week after signing
ipped ice. "You don't need to trouble yourself w
around my waist and steered me past her toward the p
he heavy brass doors slid shut, cutti
ne with his silent assistant, I realized ho
er his arm and took two steps back against the cSomething unreadable flickered in his eyes befo
t as I rubbed it gently. "If you hadn't walked out when you did and pl
nst the opposite handrail, his heavy gaze
dry mockery in his deep voice. "Two min
en up and swallow me. "I panicked! Davey was trying to drag me out to his car, a
ightly as he looked at the red fin
irst instinct is to grab a random man in a hallway instead o
had been his youth coach and mentor, and Knox had paid for Richard's medical bills and funeral,
my fingers curling into the cheap wool hem of my coat. "Besides,
deep frown creasing his scarred brow as
tly lit underground VIP parking garage. Sitting in the reserved spot ri
levator, unbuttoning his
u back to Cambridge," h
rified of being trapped alone in a cramped two-seater sp
d quickly, taking a step toward the pedestrian exit ramp. "The T sta
his head slowly, his scarred right eyebrow lifting as
eater Boston starting in ten minutes," Knox said flatly. "Do you want to freeze
emergency weather alert, and a freezing blast of wind howled d
of the car, pulled open the heavy passenger door, and stood ther
low leather passenger seat. The second Knox shut the door, sealing me inside the q
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