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ncé has prepared a '
tan hotel, clutching the anonymous text on her phone that displayed suite 802. She
ntly. A trail of discarded garments--a tailored designer jacket, a si
ut, her voice flat, withou
nswered her. Ivana stepped pas
oten. Straddling his waist was Breanne Wiley, the self-proclaimed diamond heiress who
are chest with exaggerated modesty, though h
er voice dripping with mock ho
gray smoke from the cigarette between his fingers. As the eldest son of the Wooten family's second branch, he had alwa
ld you?" Fletcher asked, his voice laced with pur
bloomed on her tongue. Her heart hammered against her ribsnd?" Ivana said, her gaze sweeping over the rumpled she
h. Her family owns diamond mines. What do you bring to the table? A low-paying job at a second-rate magazine? Yo
of heat exploded from the pit of her stomach. Her knees buc
in the hotel lobby, when Breanne had grace
dr
drug-induced haze. This wasn't just
breath turning ragged as sweat broke out across her forehea
te in the bedside tray. He stood up, tower
. "There's a suite down the hall with three of my venture capital partners. Once they're done pla
ck," Iva
. With every ounce of adrenaline left in her body, she hurled it at his feet. The crystal sha
eaping back to avo
heel and bolted
ked from the bed. "Don't l
fire flowed through her veins. Behind her, heavy, hurried footsteps echoed
gging into the wallpaper. Ahead of her, the double mah
e door, tumbled inside, and slammed it
marble foyer, she gasped
frosted glass door of the master bathroom swung open. A cloud of steam
racked down the defined contours of his broad shoulders, chest, and washboard abs. His
n empire, the ruthless titan of Wall Street, an
oice a low, lethal gravel tha
ed through her bloodstream, overriding every instinct of self-preservation. Instead o
ts to fling her away, but the unnatural, scorching
o the damp skin of his shoulders as her trembling bod
aze of lust and panic in her wide eyes, he recognized
He caught her chin, forcing her head up. Her breath
ing for, Ivana?" Adrian murm
face into the curve of his neck, h
g himself get involved in this mess would only bring trouble, yet he could not stop himself from sinking into it. His arm
nning feet and the unmistakable metallic click of camera
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