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s the concrete. Her heart was still racing from their escape. From the sex.

n she a

this moment. Her beauty was effortless-the kind of

he?" Isabella dema

dn't even blink. "Her n

-extended a perfec

id with a polished smile. "But I'll repeat it

ke her hand. "This

lence was an

r head. "Oh, honey

ry breath suddenly hard to take. "You've been

that," Grayson

ed softly. "Of

rayson asked, tone like gl

evidently. She wasn't p

bella like she was something tha

to be arranged arou

I suggest you figure out what

ed between th

king away. "Let her talk

a deal when we were kids. Merge the Langford fortune wi

business," I

't get his shares unless he marries me. Not fully

through Isabella l

ction," she whispered.

ou were the only real thi

leave," Isabella s

pa

ked between

silence

ky step back. "That

tu

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ly noticed the descent. Her mind was spinning too fast

men had he

rets was he

heels echoing. But she didn't make it more than thre

uard said. "Mr. Langf

eath c

Langford?

dn't

the black town car

ford sat like a spider

n, Ms.

hesi

our mother is,"

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d into

r click

clenched. Vivienne was still loun

is would hap

n't. You always were a romantic un

nk this

inally find someone you actually want,

g to disappear,

brow. "You're goin

this empire to the ground if

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bli

d him a f

this?" h

erage. And possibl

stared

ates your father, Grayson. But if you want to keep

watched Isabella like a

from me?" she as

ffer you an

destroyed one woman in my family. N

er. But she got too close. Started aski

Isabella said.

she ran. Just like you're

older acros

t's

as trying to expose. And what

ned it

Grayson with people she didn't recognize-dark men in darke

his?" she

im he doesn't w

ed as she flipped

ayson with her m

new

her m

said

," Max said softly. "But

-

to his penthouse

he wa

scent of her pe

is hair, the flash driv

the folder

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had bet

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was stuck to

t back. Start by givi

is phone. Di

t to vo

beside her. The city lights blinked through dirty curtains. Everyth

ry moment. Every

w her

And he sa

a knock at

leapt-an

ay

d the doo

ed, hair wild, eyes dark wi

d to e

to slam the door. But

she stepp

et footprints o

her arms. "S

rd Holdings. Money laundering. Blood contracts. Illegal arms buried in real estate deals. She ca

tell me?" she

ged into this world. But then I saw you again

ce cracked. "S

alking closer. "

idn't

it all up. The inheritance. The

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the gap be

ctly what I

isse

she

ng in his shirt. They fell back on

wasn'

s des

ragging over his chest, biting

m, lifted her thigh and p

filled the

. "Harder, Grayson.

d

she was sobbing his name

, voice shaking. "I'll

. "Then don't stop

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