ound was soft, but it echoed in the cavernous silenc
of his massive desk, crossing his arms over his broad chest. The pose was casua
ow rumble that vibrated through the
tion. It was a s
gaze, to project a calm she was nowhere near feeling. "No
n a smirk that held no humor,
h a tension she could taste. Involuntarily, she took a step back. Then another
, caging her in. The scent of his cologne-sandalwood and something sharp, like gin-filled her se
returned with a vengeance. She
bout a month ago," he began, his voice dropping
moment she had been dreading. If she didn't stop this,
f her mind. She needed a shield, something so ab
his stormy gray eyes. She marshaled every ounce of strength
e. A mistake I will never mak
freeze, to crystallize into
thing shift deep in his eyes. A flicker of... som
words tumbling out. "My fiancé... we're getting married soon. That nig
erself as a woman consumed by guilt, a woman who b
ed up, pulling back and creatin
cold curiosity was gone, replaced by an
nowing that she had just stumbled into the one, unmarked minefield of his psyche. Beck Franco didn't care about one-night stands, but he had a
ust a pawn in her t
escaped his lips. "Engaged?" he said, the word dr
, picking up the limited-edition pen from the gi
oice dangerously smooth, "I think, to avoid any future... 'mi
ed to ice. Reconsider her p
It had just handed him t
in, to take it all back, but it was too l
nite leave of absence. All access privileges revoked. I want her to go home and await further instruc
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