back, the heel of her shoe catching on the plush carpet. The small stum
ott," she said, her voice tight but impressively steady. "I don't understand what you mea
thing. It was a wall, and she was desperately
nored her words. Instead, he walked past her, moving with a fluid, predatory grace. He went direc
inant, that a hot surge of anger shot through B
d of the table. His gaze swept over the surface, landing on a single, thick folder
oration. Re: Intellec
ead from the hotel room came rushing back, ten times str
e had know
up at her, his expression unreadable. "Bina Sullivan. Graduated top five percent from Columbia Law. One of Gable & Finch's rising stars
d leaving her exposed. The air in the room felt thin, and she struggled to breathe. She was no longer a lawye
first page with a dismissive air. He flipped it sh
reasonable tone that was more terrifying than any shout. He
in the air, col
e obsessive man from a one-night stand. He was using it. He was leveraging the most humiliating night of her life
led over, eclipsing the fear. Her eyes, which ha
This is my job. I have a fiduciary duty to my client.
ontempt as she could muster, trying to throw
sing the distance she had tried so hard to create. The pressure of his approach was suffocat
ore she could react, his thumb brushed lightly against her lower lip. It was the same spot he had kissed so th
ed, turning her head sharply
low caress that made her skin crawl. "That'
tail that made her feel sick. "That was a mist
h gone. "Then fix it with a correct decision now. Drop the
shing deal. He was offering her a way out, but the price was
lames than accept. She would rather be publicly humiliated, fired, d
. She met his gaze without flinching. "If you want to discuss the Preston case, have
y fought back, not with profession
s quickly replaced by something else, something deeper. A
time, though it held no warmth. "Good,
relaxed, as if he had already won. He left a wake
and looked back at her,
d," he said, not as a threat, bu
s gone. Bina stood frozen in the center of the room, her body tre
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