louds in the freezing air. She stepped closer to the edge of the curb,
pray of dirty water splashed up, soaking the hem of her trench coat.
ssive, pitch-black Maybach glided down th
wed down and stopped precisely in front of her,
indow rolled down
reetlamp. The sharp, flawless profile of a
ered. It was him. The
logical explanation. A sugar mommy, she concluded instantly. He must have a very wealthy,
r shivering frame, lingering on her blue-tinted lips.
out onto the street, his long legs closing
heavy, cashmere overcoat. He stepped into her per
body heat. Alexis instinctively flin
houlders, his grip like iron. He held the c
hundred dollars?" he asked, his voice a low, dan
heer physical dominance he projected. "That
back until her spine hit the cold metal of the
dollars," he stated, h
ng in shock. "One million? Tha
into his suit pocket with one hand, pull
io recording playe
pay whatever it takes, just take me upstairs." Her
cheeks, completely overriding the winter chil
taring intently at the road ahead as if the fate of the world depended on it, though a faint tremor a
ou owe me a million dollars. You will sign a debt
pty, freezing street. She had nowhere to go. If
lding face. "Fine," she whispered, th
satisfaction. He reached past h
d into the back seat, pulling his
ing them inside the warm, leather-scented cabin. The
r console, poured a cup of steaming black tea from a thermos
nterior lights caught the edge of his sleeve. A massiv
, she thought, her grip tightening on the
rest, turning his head to watch her
s," he said lazily.
mouth to give hi
ngtone shattered the tr
pulled it out. The screen fl
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