na

e air was heavy with the sickeningly

t the crystal bar, his suit jacket discarde

t to grip my waist, his dark eyes heavy wi

ugh my revulsion. I had learned, in this life, that a woman's word against an Underboss's was worth less than ash. My thu

lips, his cologne wrappin

him leaving that platinum watch on Ch

rd I shoved both my hands against his che

whiskey sloshing in his glass, his

emanded, his voice dropping

ds falling from my lips with terrifyi

avy moment before a harsh, disbel

ttle project in the boardroom," he sneered, taking a sl

th the boardroom," I sai

e shifting to a patronizing drawl, as if negotiating with a petulant child. "I will

ht his illicit wealth could p

standing the fundamental lack of respect that

ce beaten so foolishly for

ning my back on him as the irreversible

ence stretched for

of his whiskey glass shatte