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ng, and now that it's finally happeni

es background noise. The whispers and subtle glances of judgment as

me. Someone who was imprison

s on the billionaire heir to Levent Enterprises, the largest mergers and acquisitions fi

d a little too firm on his young aide's lo

ent, they d

ers, except

me, her gaze hasn't wavered once. It's as if she knows I'm the predator and she's the p

s that what I have in m

ath. But she doesn't deserve the luxury of a qui

's why I

l, and I'm here to

he needs to

ks ago, and being here, surrounded by so many people, gives me the creeps. Having

e party, most of the attendees kept staring at me. I can almo

ard me and to the side, cut

scles

you, Zane.

It's time to play this gam

tching at the action. "Oh, drop th

. "Ro

"And my beautiful wif

it to my lips. "It's so go

naked eye. If I hadn't grown up in this environment, surrounded by fak

ability to read people. There's only so much you can do and focus on when you're locked u

repare for the moment I'd come f

s first on her broth

ong, his posture slumping sli

together that it hurt that he, like everyone else in our circle,

spineless

ger, I turn to Samantha and sip

was obsessed with year

Sam, my Angel. She hasn

Samant

e so beautifully. What makes her look even more devastating now is her quivering chin and wide eyes. I hope it's out of

would be

k and to

hing far more pain

ck what I lost, but it w

r to experience the same discomfort now that I'm back. The same compulsion. Ha

bout that yet. It'll b

I close the distance between us and wrap

now I hit the nail on the head with the nickname, as I inte

elicate and sweet as before, hitting my depraved nervous system with unexpected feroc

Her skin is soft beneath my lips, and it takes all my restraint not to bite h

ffed my hands in my pockets,

her's arm as if it's the only th

, I bow my head. "Thanks for the i

er. Apparently, she didn't know her fat

. "You're alway

y, she might be completely unaware of what her daughter did. How else would I think she'd forget

ght over my heart and the tattoo that will always be my reminder of a hard-learned lesson. Trusting people lea

w if you ne

ure if I can keep up the

d lean in so only he can hear me. "There are people waiting for