the Lincoln Navigator parke

ingers were numb as she applied the third l

to her nose. She shoved the heavy,

hotel room was gone. The ugly,

abric scratched her skin, but it was necessary to hide the dark,

r door open and stepp

From the corner of her eye, she saw a

loudly. "She looks like a moldy nun.

bounce off her armor. She walked into the gran

her. He didn't say hello. He grabbed he

her ear. "If you ruin this trust fund merger with

slowly, pulli

needed to know if he had the nerve to bring C

he ballroom died. The live orch

chairman, was practically sprinting toward the

across the marble floor. Each step

the Red Sea. They pressed themselves again

microphone, his ha

welcome the true head of the Garrison family, ret

ple gasped. Cedrick was the exiled billionaire, the ruth

hed her ugly glasses up the bridge of h

e man surrounded by bodyguards,

t her ribs so hard she t

cold, dead eyes. The terrifyi

room. The man she had left a thou

o expand. She took a frantic step backward, t

he edge of a soci

e woman shrieked, shoving

r hip crashed into the corner

g against the marble floor. The sharp sound ec

stopped

er. His cold, predatory gaze loc

t. She let her messy hair fall forward, praying

outfit. A flicker of deep disgust crossed

the open ballroom doors

ried a

flared. His entir

ic insomnia for a fleeting second. It was an anomaly that irritated his hyper-vigilant instinc

table. He pivoted on his heel and wa

a's fingers dug into the fabric of

feet away from her. His massiv

. "Cedrick, please excuse the mess. T

darkened at t

wly dragged from her fake freckles

yers of concealer were caked unevenly, a desp

ckle that made the hair on the

his lips inche

with lethal intent. "The perfume you chose smells