Bounded

the air, the resonance

g on the costly paneled mahogany walls, rem

forged in

d whispered along the corridors in

the instant at ha

slapping her father in the face. Never in twenty-five years.

thing awry in his typically immaculately groomed demeanor. He laughs, his fac

you fi

er, stifled. "

c, her tone softer

freaking

ame position at the back of his de

Isabella. Something in t

his mockery. "E

at a child in the course of a tantrum, and the other woman wh

grateful to me,"

the most powerful wedding

man's name, just to utter his

n who could blow up Monroe Industries

er to him in return-" he le

er body wracked in shock an

," he cut in, his

mily's good name. You think your tiny fashion enterprise makes you

d; those words were

and adjusted the cuffs

You marry Adrian, and you se

if you resign, you resign zero. Not a

s suffocated, pulling

ntenance smooth, having just negotiated wh

e," he said, his back to her. "Make s

e was

the desk, struggling to catch her breath, this did not feel right. Waking up to

ee

whether to accept Isabella Dever

up the walls in his penthouse. The knuckles in his hand, around the tu

d finally, anticipation stra

s crossed, his face stern. "You actually

at the sting, and he returned the glass to th

ngs loose. "She doesn't owe any man a

d. "Stop, her last n

head. "You are

n't compete if I don'

see his day, waited to catch his breath and pounce at the opportune moment. Jonathan Monroe stole f

finally did

lla M

er face, suffocating her, and Isabella opened the balcony doors, her hands

felt so

so powerful,

ky voice str

rian Devereaux. Reaching back easily along the railing, he reclined, h

ng did

't slow. "What in the devil

railing, unwillingly in her path

racing. "You

iled. "Yo

in the same fashion her dad did. Something, though, annoyed her in the way he loo

nearness oppressive. "You ar

in determinat

nd he flashed me some bla

between them shrinking so his body heat caressed hers. Her br

the way he sh

er ear, his warm breath. "Three days,

thoughts of an arranged ma

n achieved. Not