tley was a silent, le

aked past the tinted windows, a glittering blur that Elianna watched without really see

in the enclosed space, was sharp and

r head from the w

addressing his driver. "About children. My mot

gray eyes unreadable in the dim l

t hearing him state it so bluntly

man can live with that?" She thought of her precariou

Instead of waiting passively for the contract

ise of one. It could be an anchor.

forcing her voice to sound calm, rat

stion, as if he expected her to

sped tightly in her lap. "We could tell them... we ar

car thickened

were sharp now, analytical, trying to dis

e had ever voluntarily men

intense and unnerving. Her palms began

ed, using logic as a shield for her pan

for so long that she felt the muscles in her face

ction to his touch. And now this. This cool, calcul

was far more complex

tant, warm lights of the Leach family

away, his gaze retur

umbled in his

an agreement, not a

eased fractionally, but a new, de

saved her marriage, or if she had just

ay. Dozens of other luxury cars were already parked

, Adrien reached across the space between them. He ge

d against the sensiti

and electric, shot through he

nd back as if he'd been burned. The temperat

is face an impassive mask. He then walked

stretched hand. For a spl

ced her cold