or ride fe

d on the screen. The message-just one word,

sendin

d, smooth and silent, the tension between

hat message said?" Ethan'

s tone-something almost protec

trusting Ethan once h

one into her pock

ned. "You're a

etter th

ite. Floor-to-ceiling windows stretched across the far wall, showcasing

gging off his jacket. "Ma

the door. "I'm n

u a

n't for

va, I-" He stopped himself, his expression unr

jump off t

ramatic,

ntrolling

g her over the rim. "You think I like this? Having to drag you out o

u lost the right to ask q

h a quiet clink. "Then let's

fr

s. "You want to pretend that night never happened?

s. "History? You mean

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watched you hand over my father's company li

e didn't look away. "And you

o humour in it. "Don't you d

s set

le

ath hitch

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. "Because I saw the papers. Y

black

cked the air

d to ruin you. Your father. Your entire family. I had two choices-sign the deal,

world

ouldn't

or deception. But Ethan had neve

ing," she

sh I

rack. Had she spent the last ten years

ld say another wor

er me

it wasn't

s a p

breath

inside were on. A shadowy figur

ge beneat

e run when you

slipped from

it before it

ad the message. Then, without a

he said, his

ollowed him out the door, re

oming for her-Ethan w

e didn't know if