ine when Francesca's Uber pulled into the under
xhaustion of pulling an all-nighter, but h
rd the private elevator, the heel of her shoe
iolently outward wi
ongue so hard she tasted copper. She stumbled forward, catching herself
dragged her injured right foot, limpin
. The doors slid open
esca
sk of dark, brewing violence. He looked like he hadn't slept; his s
ed from her face and l
oversized, plaid flannel s
racted into tiny, d
ping like a steel vice around her wrist. He yank
p!" Frances
sudden movement. Her leg gave out, and
spun her around and slammed her back ag
Leo?" Emery snarled, his face inches from hers. The smell
er ribs. The sheer hypocrisy of his
spat back, her eyes blazing with d
pped the last thr
ad and crashed his
a savage intensity, his teeth scraping against her bottom lip until she tasted bloo
s up, pushing frantically against his ha
e, she put her full we
ream tore from her th
roze in
away, his chest heav
he size of a tennis ball, the skin turning an ug
om Emery's eyes, replaced in
t his knees and scoope
ancesca sobbed, h
the bone," Emery barked, tho
her down on the leather sofa with an agonizin
ne from his pocket and dialed
ared at her swollen ankle, his large hands hovering over the bruised skin, tr
ak etched into his features made her breath catch. For a se
ting on the glass c
ringtone echoed thr
flashed across the s
mid-air. His head sna
ked back at Francesca, who was bi
tched for two ag
stoo
and swiped to answer. He turned his back to Fran
s voice was tight, serious. He listened for
and shoved the pho
for her injury was gone, replaced by
mery said briskly. "An emergency
grabbed his car keys from the consol
door cli
e had just been. The throbbing pain in her ankle was nothing
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