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en flushed bright red. He quickly lowered his e

d, his voice trembling. He grabbed Benji by the arm and pract

hallway was empty, he stepped bac

rned

as soaked in cold sweat. She leaned against the wood paneli

up the zipper of his trousers. He w

his thumb and index finger,

works once," he warned, his eye

iation, but she gritted her teeth. "

ed his hand, turning aw

leek, black American Express Centurion c

her bare collarbone and

evoid of any emotion. "And don't ever

ck it up. If she took the money, the transaction was over. She would just

white tennis dress, straightened her spine, and walked past

d was racing. Something felt wrong. He remembered a faint, s

el N

ynn's signa

rk and vicious. He spun around and marche

But his eyes immediately locked onto a piece of clot

te women's t

He checked the collar. Embroidered in g

. The veins in his forehea

ho the woman hiding i

shed over him. He threw the jacket onto the floor, sto

elynn slipped out a side door and

d violently in her pocket.

eart monitor in her father's ICU room.

ega is waiting for you at the outdoo

heartbeat. Her throat tightened. She had no way out. She

urts were surrounded by New York's

tega. The fat, balding investo

ess, a disgusting, greedy light ignited in his eyes. H

e urge to vomit. She w

r the pitcher of

, dressed in pristine white ath

even more was O

hands, instantly jumped up from his chair. Ortega practically ran

offered it to Dolph, kissing up t

Dolph completely ignore Ortega.

the terrifying hierarchy of power. Artie was te

lph, Artie and Ortega would be n

in her veins. She would not let

to the table. To regain his pathetic sense of domina

nd sudden. Her hand twitched, wa

he heart monitor f

o her own palms, breaking the skin again. She forced

urt, Dolph sw

rd the umbrellas. He saw Ortega's hand on Jaelynn'

ned. A sudden, inexplicable surge