The Billionaire's Secret Ten Year Obsession

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the device. She quickly hit the share button, sending the video file directly to her private, encrypted e

ned around an

clicked frantically against the marble floor as

er's seat of her car, slammed t

oke dropped her head onto the steering whee

only

cheek with the back of her hand. Her eyes, staring at h

key. The engine

e car shot out of the garage and straight in

he windshield wipers thrashed back an

. She needed speed. She needed the physical sensation of danger

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ng wildly across the wet asp

inst the slick road, the smell of burning rubber fil

ybach smashed throug

. The heavy car teetered on the edge of the cliff, h

d for three seconds

stinct t

e storm. The freezing rain instantly soaked thro

Maybach, her shoes slipp

d, slamming her palms against th

lass, she saw a man slumped over the steering wheel. He was wearing a dark, tailore

and pulled. It wouldn't budg

spotted a jagged piece of metal debris

ing against the sharp edges, and

d. The metal groaned, screeching in prot

as the sharp, metallic tang of blood mix

oss the man's broad chest, her hands shakin

cli

uit jacket and pulled. He was incredib

e man's eyes

ed, freezin

ensity that sent a violent, involuntary shiver down her spine. It wasn't the vacant, fading look of a victim succumbing to his i

m under the arms, and hauled him

car together, crashing

inal time before the heavy car slid off the edge, disappeari

t heaving as she stared at the empt

. He was lying on his back, the rain was

His fingers, warm and coated in r

words were too low, lost co

pavement with a splash. His eyes rol

he dialed 911, her fingers slipping on the wet scre

sirens began to cut through the storm. Flashing

ldn't afford to be here. She couldn't afford police

away into the shadows