rivate underground garage of the talle
doors opened directly i
rug. The space was massive, surrounded by floor-to-ceiling window
r he had given her in the car.
t. She stayed near the elevator, refusing to move further into his ter
s. He unbuttoned his suit jacket with one
d up a thick manila folder
s the smooth glass and stopped righ
less law firm in New York
erile as a surgeon's scalpel. "Someone with a spotless bac
ull in air. She stared at the fo
," he co
gers trembled slightly as she broke the se
marriage
arriage. In exchange, he would legally force her father to release her mother's trust fund to
is is absurd. You are Justice Duncan. You could have any
it jacket. He pulled out a glossy photograph and
f him," Ju
a looke
d suit. He had jet-black hair and striking, icy blue eyes. But it was his expressio
st provide a stable, two-parent household for him before my thirty-fifth birthday, or I forfeit my voting rig
the boy's face in the photo, a violent,
ache bloomed right behind her ribs. Her fingers twitched, an overwh
he bizarre emotion down. She
ia said, her voice shaking slightly. She dropped the
't argue. He
out an unlimited black titanium credit c
own in Tribeca," Justice said, turning his back
card. She turned and pre
garage felt like de
iness hit her. The walls seemed to spin. Her stomach lu
r mouth, leaning heavily ae stress of the ruined engagement. But as the nause
ened. The driver was
ibeca?" the driver
the bile. "No. Take me to the Upper
. The sterile smell of rubbing alcohol and b
arms wrapped tightly around her waist. Th
s, an older woman with kind ey
Congratulatio
ain short-cir
to show her the graph. "Based on the HCG levels, you are roughly
we
ike a physical blow to t
in her ears, drowning
week
as Vegas. She had been desperate to secure an investor for h
g into a dark hotel sui
ar and rain. She remembered the sheer size of him, the rough texture of
nt. The
stopped b
fectly, horrifyingly aligned with the man who had ju
ce Du
h to muffle a sob. She fell back into t
sal from the most dangerous man in the
the paper in her fist until her nails cut into her p
f the clinic was shatte
s buzzing in
ched in with trembling f
lashed brightly
ce Du
is number. She had n
g against her throat. She took three deep, ragged
er and pressed the
" she w
k contrast to her spiraling panic. "Did you really think you could walk into a clinic on the Upper East Side without my knowledge? Dr. Ar
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