ates in Midtown Manhattan was quiet,

e her swollen eyes. She had barely slept. Every time she clos

cal power move. Or ma

an, no older than twenty-five, was sobbing into a tissue. A man in a flashy,

knew this wasn't workin

man wailed. "You said if I lost

hissed. He grabbed her arm to pul

into a funhouse mirror. The dynamics

woman's arm harder.

ght. Her body moved on its ow

ac

an's hand away fr

da said, her voice ic

He looked at Jada, sneering

and the crying girl. "I know exactly what a coward lo

pped toward Jada aggressively, hi

i

ator doo

on. He saw the confrontation immediat

long strides. He stepped in front of Jada, pl

ked at him with that terrifying, billionaire intensity-

ked calmly. His voice was soft,

suit, his watch, his face. He recognized him.

, sir. No problem.

gged her toward the elevators. The woman loo

dalwood cologne filled her nose. For a second, she

her. He studied her

nded her,

sing her arms. "Men like you count o

Darius flinch internally, a

nded, sounding offended. "I

're just richer. You don't use your fists, Darius. You use yo

m, entering the co

for a second, unsettled. T

lding Darius's phone. "

he conference room where his wife-his ex-w

oicemail," Da

d into t