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nd-guess myself. He wasn't gentle, nor wa

and betrayal I'd been suffocating under for five years, and he

?" he asked a

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n do

kward until my legs hit something soft. The couch. H

thousand dollars," I sa

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ible and worthless. I poured it all into kissing him, touching him, needing him in a wa

ow, he understood ex

he only thing that mattered in the world. "You're not nothing," he s

to me, needing to

oming in through the fl

out, but my head was already pounding. My mo

second, I didn't r

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to my chest. I was naked... like comple

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e jerk my head t

ng me. He was fully dressed in a white shirt and dark slacks, lo

ou been sitting

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ot creepy

for twelve hours. I needed to make su

aring

e was cold. "You consumed enough whiske

very aware that I was naked and he

ned." He gestured toward a chair where a black

under the sheet, trying to maintain

couldn't finis

completed it

his hands, his mouth, the way he'd looked a

. I barely

" He stood, moving toward the windows. "If it h

y face. "That

aid you didn't want to

t... went al

d no single emotion. "Unless you're about to tell me you regret it and want to

ity fo

ttan. Everythi

him. "You'

e about lega

my hands to my face. "This

ossed his arms. "You did. It h

aked in the apartment of the Butcher of Wall Street, apparently h

about how last night was special?" His eyes were steel. "Last night was convenient. For both o

slap. "Wow. You're really

d it refreshing after being

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ed it on the nightstand. Fifty-three m

y's been

ked to his desk. "You should probably turn it off unless

re they

eally wan

mediately regretted it. T

isaster trend

lted Bride Replaced by Pregnant Sister" "Ava

eople sympathized, but most wer

nd selfish. This behavior, while disappointing, is not surprising. The Hal

phone acro

I whispered. "They didn't ju

voice broke my train of thought. "Mak

him. "And how

the bed in front of me. "I've been watching your family for a long

re financial records, email chains

you get a

ther's been embezzling for six years. The Hart merger wasn't about growth. It was about covering bankruptcy.

flipped through the

. Everything you've been covering up

ou showing

estroyed him for refusing to participate in something illegal. Framed him for embezzlement. Ruin

ft my lung

Dominic's eyes were empty. "And I'

bed, at everything. "Last night. Bringing m

you needing somewhere to go and me providing

opport

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pped the fol