idential tower on Fifth Avenue. The sun had already set, and t
ainst the stone. She stepped into the private elevator and swiped the keycard Cameron ha
d directly into
bstructed view of Central Park and the Manhattan skyline. The furniture was all sharp angles, black leather, and cold
e thick rug. The sound of the wh
red light flared. The sharp click of a heavyfroze. She peered
the top two buttons of his shirt were undone. He held a thick cigar between hi
lamp. He just sat
aper on the kitchen island," he said. His voice was a low
the massive black marble kitchen island. A single s
p. It was a lis
strictly confident
guest bedroom and common areas. You
the Clarke Group stock price
ry laugh bubbled up in her throat. She tos
ranoia, or are you just naturally this arrogant?" she snapped. "I h
tian took a sharp drag. He pressed the cigar into
hts from the city illuminated the hard, furious l
opping to a lethal whisper. "You are a fifty-million-
her gut. Eloise bit the inside of her cheek so hard she
e. "Well, since I'm just an ornament, shouldn't my owner provide
aring her ask for money, acting exactly like the gold-digger he thought
black Centurion card. He didn't hand it to her. He flicked his wrist, thr
said, his voice dripping with dis
ked toward the floating glass sta
mile collapsed. She crouched down and picked up the cold plastic card from t
hall to the guest room. She pushed the door open.
door and collapsed face
ket. She pulled it out. It
. The bank backed of
snapped. She dropped the phone onto the bed. She buried her face in the pillows and began to sob
unbroken across the polished hardwood. There was no sound of footsteps, no sliver of light from beneath his door, as if he didn't even exist in t
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