Twisted Fates & Shattered Vows

s down. Inside, Adrian Vale sat in his private study, fingers steepled under his chin, eyes scanning a set of confidenti

leb to oversee the audit

as a so

drian called

ed Rubik's cube. The younger Vale had always been bril

Liam said, stepping

tired nod. "Co

rotating the cube in his hands. "You'

d. "Do you t

. yeah? I mean, he'

n't always m

"Did somet

ts of the city blinked like secrets waiting to be

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, her silk robe hanging loosely around her shoulders. Caleb moved behin

g to suspect,

more he suspects, the more desperate he

orget who you're talking to, Caleb. If he

corrected, pulling on his cufflinks. "W

and lust. Their bodies collided as the robe slid off her shoulders, pooling to the floor. Caleb lifted her onto the marble counter wi

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é downtown, across from Clara Mendez, a priv

file toward him. "Three dummy corporations. Funds being funneled

tightened. "W

le, according to your system

hit lik

you s

ke mistakes

ing the edges of the file. Ev

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his brother staring at an old photograph of the three of them-Adrian,

murmured without looking up, "but I t

scanning the photo. "You

d, eyes hardenin

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Vale Enterprises a week l

nt in a blac

dent in his

awlessly. Laughing. Toasti

a lie. Every touch a betrayal. And beneath it all,

and went to the security room. There, h

," Adrian ordered. "Especially

tanding the weight

leb leaned toward Ele

g her champagne. "Then let's gi

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drawer, retrieving a hidden flash drive. Inside it was something fro

t watche

n't ne

t different. He

a heated argument betwee

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g! I was loyal! And y

t his fath

creen crackled. And

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