ff muscles to move. Sh

t of the shadows of the lobby and

llowed the

light clearly irritating him. He reached into his breast pocket and slid a pair

urb was a massive, extend

Ray, stood at attentio

He stared straight ahead at

ly calm register. "You seem to lack a fundamental unde

hard. Her throat f

?" she asked, her voice trembling slightly. "I c

a harsh, mo

ion dollars to hire a part

lenses, Chrissy could feel the weight o

d moved into the Bel-

ked step backward, her heel catc

wasn't in the preliminary ter

r's private lives. I promised I would cooperate and attend

he scandal of a separated billionaire couple," Arch cut

apped his index finger against

venom, "are you simply disgusted by the though

sychological test designed

ands deep into her trench coat pockets, her fi

could freeze the fifty million dollars before her father eve

nneled the cold, detached tone she used when d

o play the role of a loving wife full-tim

e in. But I require a separat

"And, in private, we will not be expected

uth twitched upward int

usement in his voice thick and degradi

guely to his m

with zero sensation below the w

hrissy like a p

d a paralyzed man of wanting to assault her. She dropped h

I didn't mean it like that. I

is face returned to a ma

ed. "My lawyers have prepa

, he engaged the hydraulic lift built into the Maybach, smooth

ood on the

rior of the car. It looked like a bla

iently by the door. He ext

Madam," Ray sa

the hairs on Chris

ducked her head, and cli

shut behind her with

The air inside the cabin was cool and thin, saturated with

as tr