ting from the hallway. He turned on his heel and strode out of the
ldly over the scene. Kavon Cochran stood there, flanke
st Gideon into the ward. "I'm the executive assistant to Clifto
dominating the space. "This is a restricted trauma ward," Gideon said, his low baritone slicing throu
ssive step forward. "The Pace family owns half the medical boards in this city.
hreat was laughable to a man whose family practically owned the hospit
involuntarily take a step back. Gideon didn't waste another breath. He gave a decisive, dismissive f
ospital guards closed in, sei
!" Kavon shouted, his smugness completely dissolving into i
xpression perfectly calm. He smoothed his crisp white
djusting his gold-rimmed glasses with long, elegant fingers. He didn't look like a
oothly, pulling a rolling stool over and sitting
d propped herself up on the pillows
at her pale
e said, biting her lower lip. "No one, especially not the Pace fa
age requires absolute bed rest and zero external stress. Keeping it s
now filled with a chilling, shattered clarity. "Because in this entire world, I am the only one who wants
maiden name, Mcpherson, because she was the only person in that house who ever truly loved me. My husband just betrayed me in the most horrific way imaginable. And my sister... she always pretended to be so gentle and caring. She consta
g to that scumbag of a husband, it is the only true family I have left. It is the only
as the dark bedroom of the Ritz-Carlton, where a drugged, trembling woman had bitten her lip until it bled, absol
nst the faint, thin surgical s
and rapidly keyed in an administrative master override. His br
ideon said, turning his head slightly. "No one in this hospital or any netw
feeling a massive weight lift off he
redibly intimate. He reached into the breast pocket of his crisp white coat, pulling out a plain, heavy-stock white
pillow, right beside her hand. The clean, intoxicating scent of c
ating right next to her ear. "I don't give that number o
f the thick paper. The warmth from his
t up, vibrating violently against the wood. The
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