ockwoo
ies, and to the bril
Aria as the lounge music thudded around us. We had started drinking the night before, and somehow the celebration had lasted until dawn. Th
Armani jacket. The scent of her orchid perfume filled the space
lk tie. "We finally cut that pathetic anchor loose. Without Aria dragging us down
her face when security dragged her out in cuffs was priceless. She
te espionage trial began, Lockwood Industries would already be worth half a billio
ss of champagne, her face flu
from her hand. "The press conference for our new flagship line is
nst my arm. "Tomorrow, the entire world will worship th
ke off with a
gers and shattered across the mahogany table, ch
d at the mess. "Wh
r throat as her face drained of color.
. "Inside... it's bur
oughing fit shook her body, and dark blood spil
rough the ha
via
as Vivian curled on the fl
Someone call 911!"
aside. I lifted Vivian into my arms. Her skin wa
financial press caught wind of this before our
he service exit and fla
throwing a stack of five-hundred-dollar bills
vian's head resting against my k
ut tomorrow's press campaign than her condition.
glass canopy of St. Hope Hospital's private emerge
cute internal he
d the emergency unit, connecting
ium, breathing hard as I wiped Vivi
issions desk, the executive el
with six security guards
erling
view. Arthur and Grace Sterling, the leaders of the global
g and pitch Lockwood Industries as a distribution partner for their raw
eady preparing my best cor
encrypted tablet in her trembling ha
color p
jawline. Those unmis
r
ed. A chill ra
on the private tablet o
d again, Arthur Sterling was already guiding his wife into a p
d under
mind, Zack," I mutte
an underfunded shelter. Now she was sitting in a freezing detention cell after being arrested for co
e has been stabilized. The acute gastric hemorrhage has been
ket, slipping back in
tanium American Express card on the counter. "Put her in the presid
ood. The entire top floor, including the royal penth
Did you not hear me? I'
h-tier patron," the nurse interrupted calmly. "The hospital's primary surgic
e
ablet flashed thro
connected. Then I pushed it aside. Whoever was upstairs had to be so
oor, I would use my connections. I wou
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