Between Love And Obsession

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carried secrets, betrayal, and the scent of the

hadow down the villa's halls, silent, electric, and scented with gun oil and jasmine. Moonlight poured through the arc

breathed steadily and deeply. The sound of her military boots' treading on the marble floo

w for her. Covert.

with him b

his c

t none had ever made her doubt her orders-

. He hadn't said a word since they slipped into the villa grounds an hour ago

sn't the boardroom or one of his tailored

re-what they were walking into, or how goddamn aware she was o

x-lover brushing her back in the dark. This wasn't sanctioned. This wasn't s

on muscle, money, and security secrets. She was a decorated French vete

Audrey saw the name on the list-the one that connected both of their

through the lion's den, o

hispered into her ear, his voice low and jagged. His words sli

s dissolving every disciplined instinct she had. She gave a stern nod instead, and the two of them moved forwar

hall, an exit. Oak

-two quick gunshot

y. He dropped them both. Clean, quiet. Efficient. Audrey st

ck sprang into place, everything changed. The air

Heavier.

were

ed high. No crates of ammunition or gear. Just a bed, a solitary desk, and huge velv

ed. "We're in

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xactly where w

The space between them pulsed with unspoken tension, strained so taut it

d. Time hu

d darkness across his face. The scar on his jaw-sharp and silent-ca

cing, unreadable. Like a hurricane seeth

ly, advancing toward him with purpose, closing the

ere you,"

e was

g her back against the wall like he'd been starving for it since the first day she walk

Sebastian Donovan was a lie she didn

utal. It

as r

he sweat slicking their skin, Audrey remembered

his wasn'

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villa, someo

ent sha

e. Whatever had flickered between them a moment ago vanished, swallowed by the sound of shouting an

lance-half warni

h this,"

er," he

disappeared