ainst Chloe's palm, its loud buzz sounding ho

er button, and quickly turned down the ear

e receiver. "You blind little bitch! How dare you hook up with some

tablet, crossed his long legs, and l

check was my medical relief fund. Stealing it i

led out of a mountain trash bin! If I hadn't taken you in, the wol

choed in the background before a coarse,

girl today, I'm bringing the guys from the mine to burn your

into some fancy New York college? I've never had a college girl in my bed before. Come bac

n's hand tightened on the leather armrest until his knuckle

he last time his boss had looked like that on Wall Street, a

ic phone tightly. "Mr. Evans, the Millers took your twenty thousand dollars

hed, "Get your ass out of that private hospital right now! Otherwise, Evans and I are going straight to the Co

lumbia was her only way out of the dirt. If these lunatics

t Medical Center and the door opened, Declan suddenly reache

tinctively to grab it back, her fingertips bru

button, and spoke into the microphone in a voice as

by the deep, commanding male voice. "Who... who the he

"If you come near her again, or attempt to approach her at Columbia Univ

ink you're scaring? You think talk

r finish and handed the phone bac

ll them that two people have threatened to abduct a young woman against her will and are reportedly driving ar

rick replied, pulling

ed face toward him in a daze. "Mr. Conrad..

his forearm. "Our marriage certificate was stamped less than an hour ag

"Thank you... won't this cause trouble for your job? You're an executive VP at the group. If

ooking down at the blind girl worrying abou

private elevator up to the penthouse floor, where a row of white-haired opht