The CEO's Asset: Sold To My Enemy

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rush of air from the hotel corridor hit her face, but it didn't cool her

, felt like stilts on a rocking boat. The crystal chandel

s's fingerprints all over it. Xander was

ootsteps echoed on the marble.

ut. It was amused. "Don't be like t

haze in her brain. She dug her fingernails into her palm, ha

piked he

der Yates, the man she had spent two years trying to please, had finally

ers shook so badly she missed the butto

pered, her voice a

uld hear the jingle of his keys. He wasn'

chimed. The d

in his hand. Daniella didn't hesitate. She turned her body sideways and

. His hand instinctively went to catch it, and something black and rectangular

natch

an in the su

hand against the sens

funhouse mirror version of the charm that had fooled her for s

hut just as his fingert

ng against her ribs like a trapped bird. She looked at the panel. The numb

gh

stopped. The

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ick, deep grey wool that swallowed the sound of her erratic breathing. The walls were

d in her hand. Gold e

tton. Every step was a battle against gravity. The heat in her b

or at the end of

The lock gave a hea

lt, her movements clumsy and desperate. Then she slid down t

indows showcased the Manhattan skylin

move. The d

e living area, a sound

ic

nge at the tip. It illuminated a hand, large

stopped b

asn't

rushed back in, but the afterimage of his eye

to speak. A broken moa

blocking out the city lights. He walked toward her, not with the hurried concern

cedar and expe

r chin, tilting her face up. His touch was cool, cli

w rumble, vibrating in his chest. "The one who broke the

as the bigger monster, the original source of her downfall. Clinging to him was a desperate gamble, a way to get inside the fortress

arkened, but he

dosed," he

t crash came from

uffled but furious. "I know you'

. The desire vanished, replaced by a terror so sharp it tasted l

air around him seemed to drop ten degrees. He looked offended. Not

tlessly. He carried her to the sofa and deposit

ssed a

His voice was calm, lethal. "Or I

ng stopped

Then, the sound of

the fear receded, the fire returned, hotter than before. She tug

anding with his back to the w

hospitality comes at a price. If you stay, you beco

ng. She only knew he was cool, and

in his throat, and leaned do