oom. The makeup artist wiped a cotton pad across her eyelids, removing the heavy glitter

r, marched in. "We broke the box office record t

nda immediately waved the makeup artist out of the room. The doo

the matte black business card, and tossed it onto the glass vanity table.

eyebrows shot up. "No name? Just a number? Did

ined the encounter in the hallway. "He's just some spoile

text from Caleb. Stuck at the studio. Mixing the new tra

es. Isla, the new pop singer Caleb had just signed, had posted a video three minutes ago. It was a boomeran

ustom Rolex Daytona on that wrist. She had bou

dn't reply to Caleb's text. She slammed the phone face-down on the glass t

g vanished from her face. She pulled out her iPad and

g. Dominic Sterling stood by the floor-to-ceiling windows. He looked down at the gli

ve Assistant, walked in. Alex held a thick leather binder. "

mbers. He tossed it onto the marble coffee table. "Get me the security footage

Sir, that's a public arena. Hacking their feed

that swallowed the ambient light of the room. He stared at Alex with a quiet intensi

heavily encrypted tablet from his briefcase. His fingers flew across t

black-and-white security feed. It played the exact mome

antly locked up the second he touched her. He saw the violent flinch of her shou

n her eyes. His pulse ticked steadily against his collarbone.

anding at a safe distance. "Twenty-four. Curr

dark, violent shadow crossed his eyes. The grip on his

rivate itinerary for the last six months in my inbox in

an out of the penthouse, shutt

er across the tablet screen, rewinding the video. He watched th

His long index finger tapped a slow, rhythmic be

"Start leaking photos to Caleb's rival media outlets,"

ed the whiskey in one swallow. The alcohol burned a hot, s

ptop. Alex's email had already arrived. The attached file contained h

nto a long, contemplative smile. He looked at the screen with the profound, u

the driver to bring the car around. We are flyin

rity footage. It showed Eleanor walking away. Dominic's eyes locked