CHAINED HEARTS

Lia's Apartment, St

ough the blinds like

rs. Her bare legs dangled over the edge of the mattress, the cool floor gr

they

said much. Just a look - unreadable, too deep - and a

that it

ally not this man. Viktor was all the things she'd sworn to avoid: powerful, intense, domin

f all - he

n't ready t

like

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io Office, Pro

coffee clutched like a shield. The meeting had already started - cast u

n she s

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g heroes and leaving chaos behind. The same Jax who had flirted with her du

had mean

was playing

when he entered the room? Lik

a slow smirk. "Didn't know t

her eyes.

ry. No p

the room, Viktor

t need to. The temperature dropped ten degrees jus

- Studi

id into the seat across from Lia. "Especially not a

he sipped her iced tea, eyes wa

needed edge, and I've got edge in spades." His eyes roam

t. No

d. "Didn't

respond, a shadow

kt

"Didn't realize you and Li

ut firm. "Old frien

pped in velvet. "Let's kee

rt thudding. "Excu

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her, his expre

ly jealous," Lia sa

ousy," he said.

p. "I'm not a dam

e mine

his space, toe to

ch of you when

. Her body betrayed her. Her heart -

throw that in my f

to. You alre

her - all heat and den

head. "We need sp

dn't

"Take it. But don't e

he left - calm, co

that she wan

think of Vi

to leave co