ne Monr
bsidian Club's top-floor restaurant, the city lights stretched out like a r
white tablecloth, Barrett used the separate silver serving chopsticks with effortless grace. For a man who ran a modest
entrées had made my eyelids twitch. Running a small import business in this economy was brutal
ile as we finished our coffee, setting my linen n
I turned the corner out of his sight, I bypassed the restroom
credit card from my clutch and handing it to the flo
e for a split second when he saw the table number, though he quickly mairr, I signed my name quickly and tucked my copy i
ex's overseas copyright team in London. It was the perfect excuse to w
rett, my office just sent over an urgent overseas contract that needs my signature tonigh
urprise crossing his deep gray-blue eyes as he
e he could object, giving him a brief nod before tu
t Craf
ator doors slide shut behind Katherine's slender fi
es across both the Union and the Concord, I had never once
e had hurried out just to spare my male pride. The mix of sharp independence and quiet ki
one buzzed hard. A three-page message from the p
nt yesterday, offering two deep-water port equity sh
rom my eyes, replaced by the fre
by a notch. A silent, crushing wave of frost-and-cedar pheromones rolle
oes not deal with oath-breakers. Pull all capital from the
on his forehead as he held out the merchant copy of the receipt. "Sir... M
d to a calm drawl. "Have the back office issue a Supreme VIP Black Ca
harges directly to my private family trust, and del
the private executive elevator leading straight down to the unde
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