dowy room, turned around, and

th heavy and warm against her ear. Each word was heavy with dangero

e. Her body trembled as

s feverish lips sl

ng of alcohol seeped in, mixed with the faint

gue pushing inside with a restless urgency, as thoug

uggle, clo

aft brushed h

h sheer force. Part of the fabric slid down, exposing

in Lindsay's throat as

in her eyes wi

ing it had nearly broken her. Was she truly going to be cornere

." His lips scorched the side of her neck as

way fr

pted in an instant. She twisted her head s

pained grunt, hi

her opp

upward with every bit

as he stumbled back, crashing into the

art with a sharp,

gainst the cold wall, her pulse hammering s

ached for her phone and s

, and he steadied himself with one hand on the shattered table's edge

face and the commanding aura he

pampered rich men she u

fac

age from a business magaz

actuall

climbed to the top in just a few years, w

le for derailing several o

l Tyler often visite

seemed to bother him. Ash

groaned weakly, the veins a

gge

omething? Here, in a hote

alization hit

entangled here with her, Tyler's wife, in a scandal that

And in the process, he

o

Ashton to fall in

e an adversary, but he could also become

saying the name aloud, a slig

fee table reacted immediat

ad been forced into his system, a sharp, predator

ight, each word laced with guarded hostility

ss had bee

re was no chance he would w

more firmly, the cold me

creen brightened with

ady came upstairs. Are you feeling unwell again

disgust rising at the false concern

sat down in one of the hotel lounges for a while.

oked back at Ashton, mee

adiness into her tone, "I'd like to

old his breath. "W

face, cold and probing

d addressing him by name, from any reasonab

take some

ho

him destroyed. I want him left with nothing. In exchange, I'll offer you a b

tween them

lenched teeth, "and you expect me to just believe you and

slipped shoulder strap before set

do you think I'm the kind of fool who'd be swayed by a

ser, narrowing the distance between them, "are you even capable of deci

ned, yet he did

ou were drugged on Tyler's territory. He's your biggest competitor. If this bec

ith realization, his br

hing more than a resource he's planning to use up and disca

e, "Why should I believe... that you being here

n she slowly raised her hand and touched

hed but didn

er fingers slipping beneath the front of