ve her life. Although she had tried to play it off, the grin on his face as he told her

and then another hearing someone talk abou

nly had to hope that he held his end of the bargain. What was her dead body worth any

m stepped into an exclusive elevator. The thought of her de

eting," she heard Adrian's voice a

ha

"I have a meeting to atten

ur meetings," she said, hoping to at

only sh

most likely to kill me, whatever floats your

of staff stood outside, as though they had been waiting for them, but wer

unexpected, sir

It wasn't the kind that came with a smirk when he teased her. This masked deep disapproval

fects the growth of my company? Were you expecting someone else?" he a

y. I just- you haven't been here in over a year now and we

e," he said, walking past the staff that had begun dispersing, "not how you thi

r, sighing internally when she stumbled into a room fu

asked when they we

ised a

I w

people who might

calling what he told her earlier that m

meeting with people I'd rather never meet and no

wonder how you did not wither from their glares. I didn't even need to hear the half-whispered words to kno

ve to give me something. If I am going to take this seriously, I

f?

o figure the man out, when only yesterday she thought she knew everything there was to know about him. He was

and back to confusion. "That states you will not hurt me until I have ac

replaced by recollection. "Oh, that. Fabian should

t what did he

might well take a quick trip to the other sub-gro

who would stab you fatally in the back? Even though I have never met any of them before and woul

t is impossible to hide- the tolerance they put out. They report to my father, and are merely

drama. "That doesn't explain why you kee

rward as the corner of his lips curled into a half-smile. "Ever hear

ry possibility that you might snap my neck right here, but I am seated

it and how. Not that I care what my father thinks, but it is bett

" she said, "but I hope he doesn't t

wouldn't dare. After what happened to my mo

lso deduce from how his frown deepened further and his eyes became slits that his

e you a precise list," she sai

ur

in, a large black box in hand. He handed the box to a

is?' Eva as

getting a dress for you

r w

meet a client there," Adrian explained. "Yo

hat wrappings held athe box in place. "And where did you get my size from? D

was about to return a scorching reply when he added, "Oh, and heads up, we might run into my father. N

ck is on my tail? You might as well kill me here a

et on to writi