car, gasping for air. The f
f the car. She slammed her bloody palm
ndprints smeared
y rolled down. J
-conditioned air es
a tailored black suit. His posture was relaxed, but his eyes were s
rug in her veins made her vision swim. The
e shook violently from the cold
und echoed from the
ped her he
avy metal pipe in his hand. The pipe dragge
ilated. Panic se
ack at the m
fingers and tapped them slowly against the leat
d the metal pipe. "You d
was less than t
click sounded from
ck dis
handle and yanked
sh floorboards, bringing the smell of rain, copper
egs clad in expensive wool trousers. A strong
y. The locks engaged with a heavy
ed against the reinfull, muted thud. The gl
he pulled her knees to her chest. Her entire body shook unc
r console. He pulled out a
as firm, unyielding. He pressed the expen
ed, but he d
he dim ambient light of the c
straight nose. Eyes so dark t
. He screamed muffled obscenities, de
even glance a
button on t
ed. His voice was a l
massive engine
e. Instead, he slammed his foot on the g
he Maybach surged forward,
e pipe and threw himself backward into a massi
past him, leaving
th vanished. The adrenaline
ket drug took
rupted in her lower stomach. It sprea
e was burning fr
Oscar de la Renta gown. The ruined fabric slipped off her shoulder,
ural, feverish flush spreading across her cheeks
ebrows pull
. She needed to cool down. She
an beside her. He radia
d out. She touched the edge
s large fingers around her wrist. H
ll warned. His voice was co
ngers sent a jolt of elect
nto his touch. She turned her hand and
rate moan esc
. The air in the car sudde
e forced her head up, making her look directly into his e
g hunger. A single tear of physical frustration slip
tear. A muscle in
her chin. He pushed he
e car phone. He
the universal counteragent t
hun
fingernails into her own palms. She tried to use th
hing lights of the Manhattan skyline blurred outside the wind
inning. Her de
not take i
body. She lunged ac
over his lap and s
not push
narrow waist. His thumbs pressed into her
ward until his lips br
e," Bell whispered. His v
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