ore the deadline. Dark circles shadowed her eyes, but
m for twenty-four hours was momentarily banked by a grudging respect. He had given her an impossible
hed it
said, standing up.
r? It's not on
eeting with Grossman from Apex Dyn
ion-dollar deals were made on manicured greens. Clarice quickly changed into the busine
nd eyes that roamed over Clarice's body with a proprietary air. She
gaze lingered too long, the way he leaned in too clo
few holes. Grossman kept trying to draw Clari
tes, Miss Reynolds," he said with a wink. "Y
jaw cl
a bottle to Clarice. As she took it, he deliberately brushed
ack as if she'd been burned
our hands to yourself," she
, sweetheart. Working for a hard-ass like Sinclair can
inished th
histling past his ear. A golf ball, traveling at an impossible speed, s
ling backward, his fac
lub from a full, powerful swing. He looked u
aid, his voice dangerously sof
lan walked over to Clarice, placing himself between her and the terrified clien
locked on Grossman. "She is an employee of the Sinc
mbling, began to
d felt moments before were replaced by a sudden, overwhelming sense of safety. It was a feeling so foreig
had been watching from a distance. "Get legal on the phone. We are te
said, already pull
ut... the contract! It's w
re contempt. "The Sinclair Group," he said, his voice
ce, he turned to Cla
her legs feeling
cenery blur past the window, her mind replaying the scene o
enched in his lap. He told himself he had been defending a compan
llied in the workplace, stand up for yourself bravely no matter the occasion-the
heard him speak at such length. "Thank you, M
thinks she's develo
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