nd cold ambition. The city noise vanished the moment the heavy

e of the plush leather seat, the flash drive held between her thumb and forefing

lap. He hadn't offered her a blanket or a kind word.

than her car. His face was sharp angles and cold indifference. This was the

through her. "The ones you use to undervalue Heath Global's European real estate assets. It's a brilliant scheme. Shaves about twelve percent off

his steel-grey eyes narrowing slightly. He was

al documents, and the communication logs between your CFO and the offshore law firm. It's my father's life

her is a criminal who is about to be indicted for fraud

s for itself. And I'm not a criminal. I'm a concerned citizen who has stumbled upon a massive corpora

ct-passed through his eyes. He took a sip of scotch from a cr

ked. It was the question

actually win. Second, you will provide me with sanctuary. A place to live where

itious list for a woman sitti

" Aurora said coldly.

k with unspoken calculations. He was weighing the

dropping pointedly to her abdomen. "I saw th

him to bring it up so directly. "

ping lower. "The timeline. Davos. A blizzard that closed all

e her breath. This wasn't a negotia

e," she deflected, her hear

her she has a new roommate at the penthouse. Indefinitely." He paused, his eyes still lock

at her, a predator who had

u've misunderstood the nature of our transaction. You are n

he rain-slicked Manhattan night, carrying her