house was silent, bu

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r handl

g down just as Julian walked

ut," E

se," Julian said, smirking. "Or

need yo

ainst the doorframe. "You're playing a danger

ust fund dries up, Julian. You'll b

vanished. "Wa

t o

t the threa

nference room at Harmon

a shapeless grey suit, her hair pulled back in a sever

an were arguing

be the board,"

'll use the models. Send the gi

man who could be distracted by models. He was a machine. She had

bandage on her palm, where she had cut he

pped. He was standing ove

g as fast

ast en

tipped

hed over Eve's hand. It soak

It seared her skin, mix

her chest. Her eyes lifted to meet Julian's, and for a second, he saw the Fixer, not his

id flatly, but hi

Clean it up. Don't get

ncern. No apology.

nd wiped the coffee from the table. Then she wiped her hand. Th

d," Eve announced. Her voic

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his power before the next shareholder meeting," Eve said. She remembered the way he had pinned her. The absolute need for dominance. "We aren't

. "You want to offer

hallenge him without looking like fools. Do you want to be the chairman of a ba

. Greed warred wi

," he

d through the night. She poured every ounce of her legal and strategic kno

M, her ph

ed dress tomorrow. I want

Sterling. Another pawn her fa

os French was waiting. She was going to walk into the lion's den.