port she had fabricated online. The report detailed a rare
y thought she was a burden rather than an asset. She hadn't yet decided w
e urgent and personal worry s
ell-educated. But she truly co
ion at a top private clinic on the Upper East Side -- the Whitfield Clinic.
She knew this approach wouldn't
linic. After completing the registration
s tightly clasped in her lap. She
k on her face. "Ms. Smith, I'm very sorry. Dr. Miller was called aw
ouldn't wait. She just wanted thi
doctor who can s
ver, a gentleman from our partner clinic happens to be here for a quarterly review. He's not a practicing
checked out as soon as possib
Where is he?
is at the end of the corridor. But please know in a
e was in no mood to deal with difficult inves
oak door. A low voice cam
familiar. She imme
back to her, looking out the huge window while talking on the
I don't care how you do it, just get it don
That back, that v
he phone and slow
face, her mood im
from the hotel. The
y in a knowing expression. Then a flick
ught. She wanted to leave this troub
ce, a low chuckle escaping his throat. He was the first
jerked her head up, not expecti
m. "It was just a one-night thing. It should have been s
a depth that saw through everything. "Aren't you even a li
as the oppressive presence only someone long accustomed to being in power
sle Group's board of directors, the man in power of the e
s are within the Carlisle domain. The outside world calls me the 'Ice Man' -- at thi
ely frozen. Her mind
r of the Carlisle empi
s world for his cold, iron-fisted tactics
d her mother's ring into his hand. The true man in power of the Carlisle family, the family
rnness: "So what? Even if you're the master of Carlisle, there's nothing between
t looking at him, and reache
er way, showing no intention of backi
aving until th
. Seeing the standoff between the two, her eyes widened
down slightly, his lips close to her ear, his voice low and clear,
t coaxing my hot-te
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