Betrothed To The Boss

h was stuck

her heart pounding against her ribs, as if

possible. It

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d inhale. "You should

ood turne

Finally, they spilled out in a hoa

his injured body tensing as he tried

his knuckles whitened, shot a glance at he

entire world spinning out

unusually cool. "Somewhere safe

ere were you all these years

a soft sigh on the other end of

ulse quickening. "Disappear? You abandone

his voice cutting through the panic t

r eyes. The hurt, the betrayal-it all pou

ther murmured softly. "I put y

olently. "Foster care? Y

ugh the phone. "I didn'

ed. "You let me bel

ther's voice, tinged with sorrow

nd dangerous, cut i

r. Maya's heart pounded in her chest as

id urgently. "You should leave. Vic

ffened. "I alr

n't. She doesn't just want you de

dy freezing. She glanced at Alexande

?" he asked, his voi

with a quiet fury. "Everything. The Knight fortunes. The pow

mind reeling. The very foundat

ghtened, and she could feel his

is breath. "And how e

crackle

e ledger. The real one. It has everything-proof of fraud, offshore accounts, ille

, who now looked icy-cold, as if something anci

muttered quietly,

ward him. "You know wh

t was reported to be real, b

d spun. "W

le

, weak and distant, cam

efore they

cut off

as she stared at the

her chest, but there was nothi

ok uncontrollab

n the wheel, his jaw se

, controlled breath. "We

isbelief flickering in her

ard, his focus unwavering. "If that ledger is

seat, his voice tinged with

nder

we break into Victoria Knight's private vau

into something dark, som

ed hard. "Th

ling sharply. "You got

ir, frustration and fear seizi

narrowing with sharp, tense frustratio

the humor didn't quite r

roat. "I swear to God, if you bleed out before w

with a dangerous edge.

r gaze. "Don't t

rom the front. "Can we ski

ned bright red.

ened as he caught her

es. "Let's proceed

making its way to a hidden propert

vehicle and th

stumbled, his injury taking a tol

lips together in det

a glare. "Sh

eyes glinting mischiev

lushed. "For health rea

his shirt over his head. Maya's breath caught. Eve

f to focus. "This

ed softly. "I'm

she gently applied the moist towel to his wound. He winc

body, heat radiating from him,

to keep her voice stea

hers, intense and unwavering.

ghtened at his wo

r hers, sending a surge

became erratic. "

. "And you're beautiful wh

med to dissolve. Her heart skipped

nock at

was grim. "We

back, her

smirk disapp

steady, yet grave

ened, every muscl

ngers tightene

st lik

unt b