Nina left the hospital,

. 7 at the docks. You're com

no room for refusal. "Mr. Blackwell said you understand his injuries

wanted t

pired. She was still his "conci

e salty scent of the se

hair tied back. As she had done countless tim

essed in an elegant suit, her make

e three of them before he sneered. "You really know how to live. A woman

r. Avery is my concierge doctor. If gossip is all you hav

your side for ten years. Even the honey trap your uncle sent

warehouse f

yes, her nails dig

ir eyes, she was nothing more

r. "My heart has never changed. The one it belo

instantly as she clun

she had been str

closing around Nina's heart, squeezing unti

llets, both of them soaked in blood. Through clenched t

ieved she had a pl

is heart had always been w

n collapsed wi

ou swallowed three of my docks. If you don't give

dows, and gunfire explode

tinctively lunged towa

Aria behind him while draw

even loo

ush. More than a dozen gunmen

men rushed forward. One grabb

!" the man shouted.

emed to

faint spark of hope sti

l, she had saved his life three times and

eyes held n

n holding Aria, then rushed forwa

Nina dragged her toward t

rds started to c

tening his hold on the trembling

ve

an had abandoned the woman who had stood b

ck slammed into a metal rack, forc

Aria for injuries, his movements gentl

to a van and kicked he

coughing up a mo

g. A discarded pawn t

of time, she was dumped

"If Mr. Blackwell doesn't want you, we'll cripple y

ng down, Nina c

't try t

numb. What did a little phy

, a gunshot rang out. Juli

t a sharp explosion of

d been