ned directly int

gs were twenty feet high. The walls were glass, offering a panor

t was

nimalist. Sharp edges. No photos. No flo

crisp uniform was

d. She looked at Blaire, her eyes wide

gging off his tuxedo jacket. He h

dam," she sa

e asked, clutching her clutch li

ed. She looked at

eclan said. He was unbuttoning his cuffs. "They are

feet," Blaire said, looking around.

n said calmly. "But Mrs. Higgins,

ns grabbed Blaire's lu

" Blaire

r, forcing her to back up until h

n the wall next to h

he Singleton family does not do separ

n!" she argued. "It

companies," he said, his voice low. "Do

at him. "You..

d. "Go shower. You smell

e wall and walke

ood there

nd followed

enter was a bed. A massive, California King bed wit

et. Her bright, colorful dresses looked ridi

bathroom. It was a

or. His cologne

like an

making it scalding hot. She scrubbed her skin

n there for

er turned cold.

she realized she had forgotten her pajamas

," she w

was a black robe hangin

d no c

ds. It smelled like him-that intoxicating mix of cedar an

th. He's probably as

the door an

oom w

by the window. He had a glass of whiske

eath c

raised the glass to his lips. A dusting of dark hair covered his ches

oked

et hair, down the oversiz

ust stared. The air in the

he lapels of th

o sleep on the so

The sound of crystal hitt

tood

ward her. Sl

, Blaire," he said. "D

at the bed.

he woul

she wh

obe and scrambled under the covers before he could see a

ttress

an g

feel his body heat radiating across

ting for him to touch he

t, Blaire

as right be

light cl

s wide open, listening to the