te to his lips. Smoke drifted upward, softening his fea

over with unease. His silence pressed on

ifted his eyes and studied he

tanding, lowering her gaze as she looked at

the mark just beneath her collar. "Why did

and left early this morning. Later, Rylan found her and showed her a pendant, asking if it belonged to

someone else. But the man in front of her was wealthy a

and vulnerable. "It was my first

g about her didn't match the woman from

t, I'll take responsibility for wh

ydia's eyes. "I want to stay by you

left without a word had caught his interest, but the one s

ange a place for you. You'll be compensated

Thrilled, Lydia

ed his cigarette into the ash

o we have no footage. I checked the front desk records. Her check-in and check-out times match perfectly.

placed it on the table. "S

endant. They had found the woma

spoke. "I'll keep it for now.

en Louis called. She ignored it several times

iminary designs for the Willow Villa project are ready. I heard

n't actually care about me visiting hi

Stevens Group. Many of Stevens Group's projects depended on that funding to keep going. This year, they entered the real estate market,

the phone. "This project affects Stevens Group's futu

he call ri

ork in her favor. She could use this

s Group headquarters, picked up the design drafts

y left the house, and this wo

nn

d at the gate when some

d turned towa

, a polite smile on his face. "I thought I was mistaken

up. The Quinn and Stevens families had worked together before, so they we

wasn't public, so the Q

olite smile. "I'm here

ration between Spencer Group and Stevens Group. "I was at Stevens Group's annual

s on her, waitin

d calm. "I wasn't feeling we

did you go after tha

ightly. "Why are y

Nathaniel's face before he covered it with

nd of cars approac