e freezing Manhattan streets until she finally tracked down the emergency address her mother had texted her from a burner phone. Every step away from the Upper East Side had felt like a de
ade her sto
stained fabric sofa. His hands shook as
week, Alaina," Arthur croaked, his vo
Her mother, Eleanor, rushed
ly into Alaina's skin. She
he only one on Wall Street with fi
thless, predatory titan of Wall Street who had systematically annihilated her family's century-old legacy without breaking a sweat. To go to him now was to walk willingly into the
shion. He pulled out a heavy silver revol
!" Arthur screamed, spit flying from his
d of all color. Her
heavy, cold metal gun off the tabl
air and unzipped it. She pulled out a black, bac
ess onto the sma
were wide and frantic. "Use whatever you
vocative fabric. A wave of nau
father, who was cr
walked into the tiny, moldy
in the massive, glass-walled lob
he thin silk of her dress offered no
walked past her, their eyes raking ove
e blonde receptionist said, her tone dripping
massive lump in her t
e straps of her high heels dug into her ankles, rubbing
himed. Damon Doyle, Hardin's ex
eding feet with zero
doors opened on the top floor, the massive
s standing with his back to her, looking out
p and tur
the deep plunge of her neckline an
eyes, but it vanished in a millisec
e forward. "I need a bridge loan. Fift
ofa. He sat down, crossed his long legs,
e cl
roken glass. Alaina stopped exact
His eyes slowly dragg
a high-end escort," he sneered.
lms until the skin broke. She wanted to turn and run, but the i
the last piece of her pride. "Look at th
ut a dry, hu
f the glass table and pulled
the table until it sto
rice for your
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