ght for a woman who
onal outfit-a modest, navy-blue pencil skirt and a c
of Blackwood Industries, feeling like a
g her resume until the paper crinkled. Get the sign-on bonus, fin
heat of those large hands on her waist. She could still t
r. Blackwood wi
ed, her throat dry, and followed the woman toward the top flo
were made of heavy, dark oak. The sec
obsidian, his back turned to her as he looked out at the skyline. He was wearing a char
he co
nt shiver down Elara's spine. Her knees turned to je
e trembling slightly. "I'm applying for the junior executive
ut your accounts,
chair swiv
eyes were cold, scanning her with a clinical intensity that made her feel naked. T
nd pulled out a small, wooden object. He placed it on the d
ped. It was her gr
his voice a dangerous purr.
her face. She opened her mouth
his chin on his interlaced fingers. A d
ng? To break into my suite, seduce me, and then show up here today playing
g with shame and anger. "I told you last night, it was a mist
circling her like a shark. He stopped behind her, leaning down so his l
didn't you stop me when I kissed you? You didn't taste like a woman
lashing with defiance. "I want my locket back. And
raightening up and looking down at
xactly wh
desk and tossed a th
e's convinced you're the 'secret lover' I've been hiding to avoid her arranged
ing at the folder.
iling. Her last wish is to see me married to a 'virtuous' girl. If I don't marry by the
e desk, his eyes
in private, you stay out of my way. In exchange, I will pay off your family
ted all at once. "You want me to... to
business partner,"
choice is yours. Go back to your farm and watch it burn... or s
t, then at the man who he
hispered, her face heating up.
returning. "Only when we have an audience, Elara. Unles
the office door bursts open. A glamorous woman in a red d
Who is this... peas
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