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ttan private club muffled the th
, the air smelled of expensi
white as she gripped her black quilted Chanel clutch.
ped into her personal space. His f
nd shoved her hard a
er spine hitting the col
funding from the investors tonight," Artie warned, his voice a harsh,
She bit so hard she tasted the shviolent knot, bile rising
ream, to hit him, but the image of her father, Garfield, lying in t
nce the Grant family company filed for bankruptcy under the Bankruptcy Cod
ushed open the heavy door to the VIP room an
ned against the cold wall and dragged
through the half-open crack o
dark, illuminated only
to the man sitting at the cent
Dolph V
. He wasn't talking to anyone. He was just sitting there, his l
k. C
o cut through the
ence, Filiberto Ortega, a balding inv
of dark liquor. His greedy eyes dragged down
o her, his lips curling
x. She swallowed the nausea rising in her
e crystal, she intentiona
lass
the back of the room. Half of the dark red wine splashed directl
m instantly froze. The
y looked down at the dark stain
. His dark, oppressive e
e a physical weight pre
to steady, putting on a perfectly calculated lo
Chanel bag, pulling o
, stepping closer, reaching ou
k. He coldly swat
nd and took long, purposeful strides toward the
, who was calling her
it slightly, and followed Dolph's path, her high
heavy wooden door of t
shut, Jaelynn turned her body sidewa
pitch black. The m
her eyes, a large, solid bod
ynn to step back until her spine sl
echoed in th
back, but she tilted
ers out and started unbuttonin
, letting the smell of alcohol on her
abbed her slender wrist, his grip
r eyebrows pulling
s," Dolph muttered, his voice a
ay. Instead, she pushe
s the skin of his throat, right over his Adam's apple. S
hitched for a fr
s gleam flashed
His hands moved to her face, and h
ss. It was a punishin
xygen. Her hands instinctively flew up, gripping h
ds slid down the
a sharp, violent pull, he ripped the hi
illed the dark room. The air
sive gamble. She squeezed her eyes shut, letting her
their clothes became tangled, a loud, ang
e is
Valentine. H
went rigid. Her pupi
r flooded her veins, turn
a waiter. "Did you see a woma
ere getting closer to
hands against Dolph's chest, trying to push
rms around her waist, pinning her tightly a
rified eyes. A cruel, wicked smirk
nd bit down hard on h
sharply at th
her own mouth, terrified that even a whimper wo
steps stopped
against the heavy wo
hrough the door and strai
e casually adjusted the col
, his lips bru
spered, saying the
. The power map of New York's e
of Gordon's powerful, reclusive uncle, a man who was whispered about in hushed tones on the Upper East Sid
gister in her eyes. He let
ked toward the door. His large ha
inst the wall, sliding into the b
mechanical click o
tared at Dolph's broad back, a crazy, desperate p
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