her heels in her hand. She pressed the elevator button, her heart ham

harsh sunlight finall

s heavy arm across the mattress, expecting to pull warm, s

s waist. His dark eyes scanned the massive,

nd stood up. He walked toward the nightstand

of water sat a neat stack of

w ticked. He reached out and snatched the bills

heir to the Aurelian Group. The man who moved billion

otel phone and h

rked into the receiver, h

f breath. He took one look at the rumpled bed, the scattered clothes, and the

ash onto the glass coffee

ing and falling with controlled anger. "Find out exactly who she

b pulled up to the curb

pavement. She stood in front of the massive, multi-story tow

the heavy door open and walked into the pristine, silent living room. She

e hall closet and began shovi

slammed open, hitting th

had just savored a kill. His face was flushed with the thrill of victory. He saw Alexis kneeling by the suitcase. The veins in his neck

head, her eyes cold and dead. She re

t, his fingers digging brutally in

ed the collar of her trench c

pale skin of her collarbone was a

in his face contorted with a sic

rlos spat, his saliva hitting her cheek.

his bloodshot eyes. "Let go of me. My priv

read of his sanity. Carlos ra

lap threw Alexis's head to the side. A sharp, metallic tast

ly turned her head back, her

ful of her hair and yanked her toward the grand s

ou regret you were e

twisted her body, lifting her leg, and drove th

n, but his grip on he

n the penthouse, Bruno hande

ground check. He saw the marriage certificate. He saw the div

os M

the corners of his mouth. The woman who had bought him for

e sofa and grabbed a fresh,

cuffs with lethal precision. He glanced at the addre