The Hidden Heiress: Tangled with Two Billionaire Kings
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is was the kind of stage Damian Sterling liked to set - hi
spread out beneath me like a glittering sea. The air was crisp, smeln high tables and glowing heat lamps. The sound of champagne
g dark in his hand. Even at a distance, he radiated control - the kind t
ound me anyway. It was like
he said when
replied, trying to k
hing that answer. "I wanted to see how
nd
way that felt like desire, but ass
fecting the art of blending in, of being unremarkable. But he
d, another voice - wa
ep talking like that, she m
at his wrists. Where Damian was all precision and stillness, Adrian was movement - a
ed," Damian said wi
ow you the view from the south side. It's the only angle where
rpened. "She's fi
t was there - a silent push and pull, as if I were so
rom Damian and toward Adr
flicker of something else in his eyes
onversation fading behind us. The city stretched out end
aid, leaning on the railing, "that the people m
. "Is that how y
see my brother. I prefer
onder if "unpredictable" was ju
ure standing in the shadow near the rooftop exit.
or K
eath
but by the time he turn
g?" he asked, s
"Just thought I s
expression told me he d
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ptying in slow waves. I left with the last gro
part of the city, the wet pavement gleaming under the streetlamps. I s
that same prickle along my spin
er my should
of footsteps echoed behind me
e quic
fast when yo
fr
catching the sharp line of his jaw. He looked perfectly composed, as i
be here," I sai
w step toward me. "And right now, the board needs
said. "And I
he thing about bloodlines, little he
my pulse hammering.
ady solved. "I could. But I think I'll stay close. Just to se
y, disappearing into the shadows as
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the door and leaned agains
I'd been running from since I was fifteen. Power, leverage, bloodlines. And now
park, the city light
thing: I couldn't outrun
mean I had to
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