PRICE OF REDEMPTION

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r feelings as much as the warmth she so craved. Damon's office loomed ahead, the frosted glass revealing nothing of the storm that brewed inside. She could al

Why was she here again? Damon had a way of dragging her back, no matter how many barriers she p

sound of Damon's voice cut through the silence. He screamed on the phone, his voice was very audible

ss, though he did not seem to be aware of her presence. He was not the perfect man she used to think he was. There was no w

her. If anything, it was as though he had been waiting for her all along. If anything, it was as if he had been expecting h

nce first. "You sa

ith Damon, directness was often the best app

to make it impossible to ignore the budding attraction that was between them. It was always

s had meaning and for the first time, there was

her face. She could not allow him to know the impact of his admiss

ow and his gaze intense. There was something else there to

tions she was not prepared to discuss. She fidgeted on the spot, clutchi

find the right words to say. "Lucas isn't playing fair," he fina

nough to understand when his control was slipping. Bu

mon continued his voice hardening. "Investors, bo

n his shoulders. This was not just business to h

ere was a flicker of something; pain, per

ing him. "But you will unl

his eyes were bright like kni

notice that he was pu

n if he didn't say it outright. But that's how Damon operated. He never said what he truly fe

Ava always found he

I don't

suddenly harsh. "Don't say you c

He was right. She did know. She said that was what she feare

is gaze was on her. "I need your help to outwit him."

but only to those who knew him. And unfortunate

to betray him,"

ched. "I'm askin

, pushing her to use her brain and do things she never thought possible. And this was the most difficult of all. She had worked with Lucas

o it" she

m and she could feel goose pimples

od Enterprises. This was about them, about whatever was simmering beneath the surface between them.

e, she responded softl

, revealing a sense of relief in his eyes for

was a lie. There was no time for thinking a

et with a small smile on his face. Everything was going according to pl

d always been a patient man. And patien