e pressure was immense, a brutal display of his physical dominan

wl that vibrated through her skull. "Who were you with? Anothe

ssessive jealousy, were a lit match

firestorm of

he struggle to build a new life, the memory of him choosing another woman ove

ructed wall of icy

peed born of pure fury, swung

nshot in the crowded terminal. It echoed in the

sp went through

e. Four angry red finger marks be

, surged forward, ready to subdu

ent, imperious command. They

, tasting blood. The look in his eyes was no longer just angry. It was something darker, so

g from the force of the blow. She stared

d across Jackson's lips.

other word

bent down, and threw her over his

ide down. She beat against his back with her fists, her le

s of a trapped insect. He strode through the parted cro

t his security chief. "Anyon

hat brought tears to her eyes. She was being carried throug

ct any pain she could. He grunted, his pace falter

ybach waiting at the curb. A b

ather of the back seat. Before she could scramble ou

d up, encasing them in a suf

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ic, on a Gulfstream G6

er couch, her face tear-staine

n of his laptop. A single red dot, representing his mother's phone, wa

tten away. He

clenched into fists,

ursor. His fingers flew across the keyboard, typing a str

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the window into the endless, dark night, his eyes holdin