ion hung in the ai
en flushed bright red. He quickly lowered his e
d, his voice trembling. He grabbed Benji by the arm and pract
hallway was empty, he stepped bac
rned
as soaked in cold sweat. She leaned against the wood paneli
up the zipper of his trousers. He w
his thumb and index finger,
works once," he warned, his eye
iation, but she gritted her teeth. "
ed his hand, turning aw
leek, black American Express Centurion c
her bare collarbone andevoid of any emotion. "And don't ever
ck it up. If she took the money, the transaction was over. She would just
white tennis dress, straightened her spine, and walked past
d was racing. Something felt wrong. He remembered a faint, s
el N
ynn's signa
rk and vicious. He spun around and marche
But his eyes immediately locked onto a piece of clot
te women's t
He checked the collar. Embroidered in g
. The veins in his forehea
ho the woman hiding i
shed over him. He threw the jacket onto the floor, sto
elynn slipped out a side door and
d violently in her pocket.
eart monitor in her father's ICU room.
ega is waiting for you at the outdoo
heartbeat. Her throat tightened. She had no way out. She
urts were surrounded by New York's
tega. The fat, balding investo
ess, a disgusting, greedy light ignited in his eyes. H
e urge to vomit. She w
r the pitcher of
, dressed in pristine white ath
even more was O
hands, instantly jumped up from his chair. Ortega practically ran
offered it to Dolph, kissing up t
Dolph completely ignore Ortega.
the terrifying hierarchy of power. Artie was te
lph, Artie and Ortega would be n
in her veins. She would not let
to the table. To regain his pathetic sense of domina
nd sudden. Her hand twitched, wa
he heart monitor f
o her own palms, breaking the skin again. She forced
urt, Dolph sw
rd the umbrellas. He saw Ortega's hand on Jaelynn'
ned. A sudden, inexplicable surge
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