ational terminal hissed shut behind Vivia
earest trash can and dropped
ng of the last digital thread connecting her
..
ears l
ost sought-after special consultant at the Hôpital de la Tour in Geneva, a brilliant, untouchable surgeon whose
surdly simple and f
ing on her operating table, she
no hospital director with sweaty palms
gical outcomes were that impeccably clean. S
edical chart, changed into her tailored khaki
aced by a bright phone wallpaper of two b
and
similar to the man she had erased from her life, a rar
only good things to ever come
ut of the double doors. No o
ybachs screeched to a halt outside the hospi
ard leaped out to open
sive black trench coat whippin
and dark impatience that made passing staff i
king Kara, who hid her face behi
of security, Owen, his face
ressing her surgically enhanced breasts against his muscular arm.
ator in the lobby heard her pathetic, trembling voice. "What i
r hand mechanically. "If she cannot help you, then she is a fraud. And if she refuses t
ly satisfaction hiding behind her fragile,
to greet them, a flock of sweating administrators
Sterling commanded, his voice crisp, co
ief. "Of course, Mr. Carlisle. Our very best, Dr. Vivian. She has just fin
ing pause for a fra
he wife who had vanished without
e woman who lived entirely on his schedule and his money. She could not poss
ame name, no
her Volvo SUV, driving smoothly
one. Her sons
ly in her pocket. The screen flashed wi
annoyed, a
n hysterical. "I need you to return to the hospital. Immediatel
e the muscles in her n
relax, gripping t
yielding. "My shift is over. No benefactor, no matter h
panicked, desperate whisper. "It is Sterling Carlisle. Of the Carlisl
g strike. For a single, terrifyi
tructed, steel walls around her pa
hicker and colder than ever before. A
voice carrying the sharp, deadly edge of a razor. "Tell Mr. Carlisle to fo
er word of protest and powered the phone off c
reat Sterling Carlisle
Coleman stared at his dead phone, his face
uncontrollably. "Mr. Carlisle. It.
The temperature in the r
, clutching hi
a moment, her true venom showing. "What kind of arrogant bitch abandons a
is gray eyes. He had tolerated arrogance from royalty
deadly calm. "If she will not come willingly, she
of elevators. A flicker of cold fury, mixed with
what no one in his world ever dared to do. She h
n. "Find out exactly who this Dr. Vivian is. I want her entire lif
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