ext m
ight pierced the gray
ft for Wall Stre
center of the mas
mes bags. She walked to the very back. She p
f jeans, a few plain swe
e pulled out five worn, leather-bound books of
he didn't take a single diamond.
the penthouse and
of a crumbling brownstone in Brooklyn. It was an old
the heavy woo
ace. She coughed violently, cov
the next five hours scrubbing the floors and wiping down
ternoon, her muscl
memade soup and took the su
long, sterile corr
The harsh fluorescent lights
zziness hit her. The floor
led. Her le
rward, droppin
eum floor, two strong ha
," a deep, wa
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look
s coat was holding her up. He had s
face. His eyes
air Morgan
. She focused
t the Juilliard School of Music before he switc
Blair br
sunken cheeks. His eyes f
ly. "I saw the news about your family
ead. "No. I'm oka
e of dirt on her left cheek
d. He pressed his thumb against her
eavy double doors at the en
trode into
dden GPS chip he inst
y. They locked onto the two fi
ed them. He saw the way Blair looked at the man-her guard completely down, a soft, vulnerable expression on her pale
lian's thumb on
g rage exploded in
lway. His heavy footste
er head, a massive hand c
her backward wi
back slammed into
around her stomach, pinning her ag
red at Julian. The air in
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