st and pinned it above her head, lea

aling her collarbone. Against the dark fabric, her ski

ately entangled with a man. Now, being pinned bene

aid flatly, his thin lips parti

ered, caught off guard

ent yo

.

it sounded like he, too, had been fram

..." She began to explai

s banged on the door. "Open up! Open

.

react, the door lock rattled

fireworks as cameras

uickly grabbed the quilt to cover herself,

ith a cold glare. "Who are you? How dar

d, commanding voice. The next

.. Mr. Bla

ell like

in the quilt, As

ognized this man-or r

ronger. This man had t

sorry!" the hotel staff sta

to laugh it off. "Mr. Blackstorm, it's just a

lly. A sly glint flas

ling. And this man's la

it b

t skippe

amily-one of Colorado's four most powe

I, Morgan Blackstorm, don't know any of you. So

widened. Her g

Black

wingly slept with...

she wondered: if she hadn't run away back then... if she had know

usly, "we were informed that this actress, Ashley

ice cut through like a blad

We di

ne. But how dare you drag

we.

anicking under M

of them muttered,

with my boyfriend. Is it wr

fri

hanged confu

from beside her. Nervous sweat broke out

ve that you're Mr. Bl

oof

ldly wrapped her arms around Morgan's

s eyes

her long, seaweed-like hair slightly messy-yet alluring. She had initiated th

didn't push her away. He was c

r eyes. She clung to him tightly, pretending

m fell

it looked staged. And Morgan Blackstorm-he wasn't rej

Ashley nearly col

. She hadn't been sure Morgan would cooperate. But she bet on one thing

riend-or a random girl he slept wi

Ashley felt like s

poke, his voice m

u heard it. Is

he acknowledged

ad offici

ackstor

" Morgan raised a brow, his

an Blackstorm-let alone break int

d to stay a

stopped them mid-step. "Le

Grudgingly, the reporters and staff complied, placing

ce re

ut a long si

ion she was in-with Morgan still holdi

ur fun?" Morgan said with a smirk,

t and glared. "Hey! What do you mean 'afte

elp me

dn'

wer, only narrowe

. But she refused to b

that, she couldn't help but fe

st say we helped

.

slightly, his smile

elped me out-I owe you. If you ever need anything from me, just ask. Bu