One Night With Me

icked shut behind them. She rested herse

said, unbuttonin

't. she

door and looked at him,

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uring himself a glass of whiskey and tak

tunned. "That is

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didn't think others woul

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d a group of highly respected men took the fall

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a ch

now why he was a

er, her face bare of any makeup, her green eyes rimmed with fa

ut those tired eyes when sh

pology. Fire w

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look

yes started

ers medical bills till h

o her mouth as she

hank you- tha

trings attached. You leave with more than enough money to keep

hit like c

she wh

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ing her head slowly, the con

gusting

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n said. "But I'm a

nded harder. She finally took notice of where the

saw you as an angel. I told you my brother was dying

didn't

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im. She marched closer to him, the burnin

jabbing her finger at him. "You think just becau

d absolutely expressionless, lik

like to beg for time? To sit in a hospital and watch the person you love dying

she said, staring into his eyes. Eyes

a f

usting

narrowed

. you're s

stu

head was screaming. Her whole body felt like it was breakin

than him. "Why did you even buy the hospital? Is th

flexed, but he

led. Heavy.

loor, the cold marble

, smiling through the pain. The way he'd w

so hard to

ried ev

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st door. The last disgusti

Cassian. His fa

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dded

leave with the money in han

ed hard. Her

Hated everythin

her helpless

, clenching her fis

whis

ka

en them stretched

e just moved to the bed

the bathroom and b

h she would have thrown up. She look

ad no appeal. Her eyes were red and swollen plus

toying with the em

neand

ed her shirt to dry it. Taking a deep

filled the walls, Floor-to-ceiling windows that overlooked the city. A

at everythi

t heavier wi

her reflection in the dark window. Cassian continued

n't to

st wa

rted q

of the

for the buttons on his shi

hough this was a business transaction and not a memory that

rom his. Couldn't afford

lder reaching for her buttons, ju

sn't

. Frustratio

fle

nen and woody cologne. His hands were warm, his bod

storm trying not

s over, neithe

lling the blanket around her like

empty. B

ed, sleeves rolled, staring out at the Chica

ttled before sunrise,

idn't

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idn't say