. She pushed through the heavy fire

eezed her eyes shut, trying to process the London acquisition file she

stairwell door o

o his headset, rushing toward the elevator bank

ridor w

nd. In her stocking feet, she moved silently across the thick car

water echoed from the private washroom at

She scanned the surface, but the Londo

throat. She reached for th

dge of the desk vibrated. The screen lit up. Th

against her ribs. Her i

d out. She tapped the green acc

ad

oy, crying. "Daddy, when are y

n the room vanished. The word Daddy

ak, breathless, and painfully gentle. "Leo, sweetheart, g

The woman from

e desk to stay standing. The blood roared in her ears. A sickeni

n the washr

face with a towel, his dress s

fro

burner phone on the desk. The little boy's crie

ltered-flashed acr

desk, his thumb aggressively jabbing the end call button.

roared. The veins in his neck bulge

hysterical, broken laugh

voice trembling with venom. "

is the bastard, Haiden? Were you planning to drain my grandfather'

allowed Haiden's eye

gging painfully into her flesh. "Shut your mouth,

ignited the explos

er feet, and slapped him across the fac

k echoed off t

e. A bright red handprint instan

as he slowly turned his head to look at her. His eyes w

. She grabbed her shoes and bolted

button, tears of pure r

erself into the driver's seat of her Aston Martin. Her hands

the Maybach's system wasn't active yet; the estate's head of security had demanded a face-to-face meeting to hand over the credentials, and she hadn't found a safe window to sneak away from Haiden's watchful eyes. So she was stuck doing this the old

ybach, Haiden pressed a cold i

buzzed. Dr

rdiac arrest. We revived her, but Leo

n his chest. Finley's misunderstanding was total and abso

Haiden ordered his d

reeching to a halt outside the hospital. Haiden th

rtin quietly pulled to the c