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nsive lilies hit her before
. She groaned, the sound catching in her dry throat.
. High-end medical equipment that didn
to clear the fog in
right. A thick plastic tube was taped to the back of her hand. Panic fla
an empty, te
re aw
ce cut through the ste
he cover of a luxury magazine, even with his expensive suit jacket tossed over a chair and his white shirt unbuttoned
d, yet he still radiated a
ed loudly against the floor. In two stri
ge hands hovering just inches from her face. "
ows, her breath catching. The sudden mo
twitching slightly. The intense worry on his face ins
asked. His voice dropped t
time despite the trembling in her throat. She looked past h
The sheer intensity of his gaze made her skin flush. Even in her state of sheer panic, she couldn't ignore the magnetic pul
er wasn't comforting. It w
he edge of her mattress. "The accident was bad, yes. But the doctors said
st, using it like a shield. "I don't know what you're talki
s hands slamming down onto the mattress on either side of h
me," he c
eyes, refusing to let him see how much she was t
muscle ticked beneath his stubble. For a fraction of a second, raw, unadulter
er," he w
shing she could disappear through the wall. "Get away from m
hed down and grabbed her bare wrist. His grip wasn't painf
traight up her arm. Her breath hitched. Her heart hammered against
e breathed, tuggin
er palm flat against his broad chest. Beneath her fingers, she could feel
said, her voice shak
ck to her eyes. "But you don't get to escape this easily. You don't get to
the back of her eyes, but she refused to let them fall. "I don't remember a
way her chest heaved, watched the genuine terror in her eyes, and
ng him like a physical blow. He leaned in even c
e yelled, her voice cr
d right over his heart. His voice came ou
his dark eyes locking onto hers with a fie
o force the word to stick to his face, to his scent, to anything at all. But before she could even find her breath to d
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