age of a luxury hotel in Upstate New York. The darkness

nt desk. He returned with two key ca

tor. They rode up in silence, stepping out onto

tripped off the heavy mourning dress and stood under the scalding shower, scrubbi

herself in a thick, over

She needed to secure her parents' life insurance money immediately. Fabi

fel bag and dug out the cr

a legal guardian to be proc

n connecting door between their suites. S

faint hum of the cen

g against her right now. She couldn't afford to wait. Taking a deep breath, she tried th

r open and stepped quietl

ion of the master bedroom, she he

er. She immediately turned around, planning t

the wate

, the frosted glass door of

walk

s. He was wearing nothing but a white t

uts of his chest and sliding down the hard, defined ridges of h

n short-circuited. She stood frozen, her eyes

s locked onto the intruder instantly.

ntoinette. She scrambled backwa

are heel caught the thick

asp tore from her throat as her center

His body reacted before

r. His long arm shot out, his large hand

chest. Her nose was instantly filled with the shar

collided, both of them

e moment she put weight on her right foot, a blindin

oot. The skin around her ankle was already start

slipped one arm under her legs, and scooped

ers instinctively gripping the lapels of his bathrobe-wait, he wa

room with long, purposeful strides and gently deposit