s and gowns and locked instantly onto the

n Hu

cutive speak, his face an impenetrable mask of boredom and cold authority. Even surrounded by billionaire

ted his head up. His dark, piercing eyes cut thr

chest like a physical blow. He

ckage flashed violently behind her eyes. Her throat constricted

skin. He noticed the moisture in her eyes, and th

ind Brion, tracked his boss'

d her lungs with air. She opened her mo

rance. Her body moved befo

sharp heel of her stiletto firmly on

to yell, but her forward mom

aut. Katelyn lost h

al morphed into a pathetic, h

pward. A blinding fusillade of camer

purchase and clamped down hard onto Gemma's fore

lf. She leaned into the pull, using her own body wei

tly like a tragic accident: the clumsy best friend slipp

the marble steps, her knees s

ntaining perfect posture as she descended. S

oice sharp as a scalpel, "and the Bruce fami

her spirit crushed by the p

tform. Brion was alr

dark, seething rage. His gaze was locked onto Katelyn's

manic violence brewi

someone else be t

rom Katelyn's grip with a vio

steps, collapsing in a crumpled, und

rion Hubba

apt

onto the main stage, dabbing his swea

exciting start to the evening! Now, let us officially announ

plause. The power of billions of dollars insta

forced to endure the end

abric of her dress, gripping her hip bone with a possessive, almost painful pressure. It wa

shifted her weight, leaning her

bly. He pulled her closer, his arm wrap

n cut off a rambling hedge fund manager mid

d at the bottom of the drivew

ckseat and climbed in after he

front and back seats glided up,

moothly into the rain

is tie loose. He unbuttoned the top two

s burning with a dark

nded. "Did you think staying

er hatred that he could only process her

e uncrossed her legs and lean

"Because I realized you are infinitely

l strike. His jaw clenched so ha

her chin, his thumb press

a low, lethal growl, "you don't ev

She lifted her hand and placed her p

d, a reflexive urge to pull away from the

d." A soft smile

d been burned. He turned his head sh

chest was rising and falling rapidly, his co

he private underground garag

vate elevator up

, black steel, and glass. It looked exactly like him

suit jacket and tossed

he ordered harshly

he floor-to-ceiling windows. She turned and walked