d water on her face. She needed to reset her adrenaline before she did s

suits that strained at the buttons, their faces flushed with

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n't slow d

king her path. "What's a pretty thing like you doing playin

rm. "Come have a drink. Let'

ed out to take a call. He looked down a

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for a minute. Maybe she'll learn that a

s hand touched

itch f

hought about leverage. Her eyes went dead

n't pull away. Instead, she leaned

EC is looking into your trades on that pharma merger.

drunken haze in his eyes evaporated, replaced by

eir drunken brains trying to

a wire transfer report. A hundred thousand dollars to a 'consultant' in Panama, right after

step back as if she'd

d to back away, want

what she was saying, but he could see the effect. He saw

Markham, her face inches

ds that if they ever touch me again, I won't be this gentle.

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stray hair from her face. She stepped past th

ad taken less tha

look

o longer arrogant. It was stunned. That wasn't a plea for help. That was an

e had watched the whole thing. She knew

hand and gave him a small, dismissi

ed and walked

ant, dangerous curiosity tugg

sturing to the men who were now arguing in pa