cabinet, and walked straight to the worn fabric sofa without turning on the lights. Dropping heavily onto the cus

ide, pressing both hands tightly against her abdomen as she tried

. Aurora's eyes snapped open. Her heart pounding against her ribs, she stumbled off the sofa and saw an unknown number flashing on the display.

echoed from the other end of the l

building without even a doorman. A

shut tight, she felt as if a pair of eyes were staring right at her from t

s? Kaden, that's an ille

w, chilling laugh

alking to me about privacy? Do you want me to wake up this wh

took a deep breath, fight

What happened three

d turned heavy, and Kaden's v

o Blake's bed, and now you're climbing into

the metallic taste of blood spread ac

Three years ago in the H

at hotel hallway surveillance video a hundred tim

he could never wake a man who was pretending to

pproached Mr. Hopkins for the money

full of upper

y-four hours to terminate your NDA with my

open, her voice s

edical center waiting for his dialysis money t

not gone before sunset tomorrow, I'll personally put your

eathe. Knowing how controlling and fastidious Dante was, she knew he

t me get enough for Howie's

urora slid down the wall onto the floorboards, the phone slipping from her palm and hitting the wood with a dull thud. Wrapping her arms ar

e threw the fake surveillance tape in her face and kicked her out into the pouring rain. The cold floor beneath her pulled Aurora back to reality. She wiped her tears, got up, and walked t

Dante's personal assistant: "Tomorrow night at eight. M

a deep breath, she typed back "Received" with trembling finger