e, her wet black hair clinging to her cheeks. It gave her a look of fragi

pulled on his trousers and shirt, leaving the top

sing his legs, trying to reclaim the posture of a n

he minibar, poured herself a gla

threaten me? The Sterling Group's legal team will have it scrubbed from

glass down. She turned to face him. "

rlooked the sprawling city below. "If the video leaks, you'r

ght in his throat. He

leaps to her death from the top of the Park Avenue Hotel." Gretta's voice was soft, a

ld drown you. Your wedding, your merger.

realized she wasn't joking. The madness in

e first time, a tremor of something

king down at where he sat. "I don't want to d

arms of the sofa, trapping him

her words sharp and precise. "I, Eleanor Ramsey, am your real fiancée.

cident years ago. He had been engaged to Eleanor before her tragic death-a death that had devastated him and driven h

hot to his feet. "You'd even use you

ded him to think she was insane. A madwoman was capable

ars. Large, perfect drops rolled down her cheeks wit

ler to a desperate, love-crazed woman in the

r saw Carmelita! She doesn't love you! She only loves your mo

rd by the sudden shift, but

disgusting," h

gain, a desolate, determined look in her eye

elita's name in her contacts. "What do you think would happ

he would never tolerate this kind of betrayal

escaped him before

She watched the panic finally bloom on his

ng the phone. "Now, we c

ep breath. When he opened them again, they

woman's web, and for n

," he

finger and traced the line of his shirt butt

his ear, her voice a venomous secret only he could hear.

p promise against his ski