on
ll clung to me like c
kitchen, bare-chested, wearing nothing but black slacks.
still sm
tr
nails clawed at my shoulders like she never wanted to let g
le. But her eyes had haunted me more than I cared to admi
ndred-dollar bill on the
even ask
, tossing the cup into the s
ng. I'd barely made it into the
her. And
is leg, eyes cold and sharp. Rafael stood nearby with a smug look painted on his face,
hy they
rked before I could open my m
was still half unbuttoned, hair mes
d, voice low but firm. "Don't you ever forget who you are and wh
owled. "Disrespected
, slamming his cane against the floor.
n, eyes cold. "It w
the same smug look he always
didn't
matter how hard he worked, he couldn't shake the fact that I was the heir. I had th
e polishe
the
onths
lder. Darker. Or maybe I just st
ed slowly, watching the
t no less terrifying. Rafael stood near the window this
roblem," Gra
," I muttered, sink
ipments in Naples. Whoever it is, they know how we operat
oice sharp. "It's i
know?" I
. "Jaxon, I want you to find
wil
siness anymore. We're under scrutiny. Media attention. Investors wat
es. "What are
eed a
nce was
ha
man beside you changes the story.
glass. "Good luck finding
y mind had alrea
tr
erable, like life had beaten her down
help. Too strong to show weakness. But
h nothing but a hundred-dollar bil
er supposed
t
exactly wh
I said coolly, already
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n lights spilled across the pavement. She moved with grace and weariness, d
beau
l bu
n front
fr
ned like she'
a slow, c
ss
-what th
like ice wrapped in velvet. "Your mom. The hosp
ghtened. "Did
stigate
hy
r. "Because I h
stif
"For appearance. For legacy. J
ike she coul
lowering my voice to a w
speak. Ju
hed her eyes go wide. "Signed. Sealed. You
aus
fall in lov
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