Thor
ites in the room froze for a second before bur
Did the rain wash her brains out?" one of the corporate Betas
d at me like a man watching a cheap trick he had already seen through. "Bet? If I sold every
table and picked up a wooden cue, holding it at an awk
turning to look at him with clear, stea
tugging at the corner of his mouth. "I
slightly, letting one thin red silk
win," he st
ce of provocation into my soft voice. "If I win, you give me ten minutes alone in this room with
te audience with the ruler of the Apex conglomerate was
long seconds, his golden eyes narrowing
ckering in his pupils. "Jasper, teach her how to hold the
gentlemanly inch of space between us. "Alright, beautiful,
that the tip of my cue slipped and scraped loudly against the green cloth. The la
ht legally wins," Jasper said after racking the balls tight
onto the sofa. Beneath the black silk shirt, the hard, powerful li
ac
tbook-perfect. Two striped balls dro
ere ruthless, fast, and precise. One after another, the striped balls vanished
is direct line of sight across the pocket. Pretending to smooth down my wrinkled silk dress, I shifted my weigh
of a second. His breathing hitched ever so slightly, and as
h
the jaws of the corner pocket a
. Nobody had ever seen the Alph
s a thundercloud as he glared across the table
e butt of his cue down against t
moment my fingers wrapped properly around the wood,
the superior spatial geometry and lightning-fast neural reflexes of a pureblood White Wo
I drew the cue
o the side pocket, the white cue ball spinning
n the faces of the
Crack! Crack! Crack! Solid balls dropped into the pockets one after another like a string of firecrackers, e
one. Only the decisive black eight ball sat near
jaw was clenched so hard a muscle ticked in his
The black eight sliced across the felt, banked off the side rail, and
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