SINFUL DEAL

ses, staring up at the towering glass buil

barely

ast night had echoed

, you take everythin

e she was-at

nce. The place was as intimidating as the man himself-sleek, modern, utterly untouchabl

xpectin

her heart pounding a

no turning

rms of a

wned it-floor-to-ceiling windows, dark leather furniture,

she entered, hands in his pockets

, neither of

expression unreada

n. "You gave me unti

seat across from his

d her-a contract, thick with fine print

mach ti

rafted overnight?" she

ed. "I don't

r. Full public appearances. No

aightforward-until sh

"A non-comp

y interests. That means no competing deals, no working with my rivals.

n the paper. "So you're

ver. "I'm protecti

firm, Damian. I need to work. You can

His voice was cool, calculated.

to tell him to go to hell. But

t down. "Remove the

fted, just s

her jaw. "The

t. Then, to her surprise, he leaned

can continue working. But any project

restriction. St

better th

-then reached

ession unreadable as she

ature. O

he wa

the contract and set it aside.

ched. "We're n

. "No. But from this mom

ran down

had just made a sinful de