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ng endlessly down Sunset Boulevard. The meter click

forward to grip the plastic p

pointing a thick finger at the windshiel

ntil she tasted copper. She needed

silently into the lane next to the cab.

nted rear wind

the gap. He turned his head, locking th

," Jory commanded.

dlocked traffic ahead.

ill at the driver, kicked the door o

a solid thud, instantly cutting off the noise of the city. The air

Frank,"

into the restricted bus lane, bypassing the

eavy measure of amber bourbon into a crystal gl

lowed the liquor in one gulp. The alcohol burned a fi

heave. His lips curled

, his voice slicing through the sil

es PR knew that name. She was a billio

my fiancée,

pped toward him.

y radiating from his pores. He wasn't a rival agent. He was a man w

lding covered in thick ivy. There was no

to the pavement. Her

earing earpieces stepped out of the shado

y, miss," one o

oulder, holding a heavy metal card between his ind

ned from his face. He bowed at a sharp ninety-degree

z pulsed through the floorboards. The air was thic

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pered harshly. "This pla

hall. The doors slid shut, trapping them in a space

The doors opened to

the end of the corridor, the double doors

moan echoed i

She knew that voice. She knew the low, brea

refused

his large, scorching hands on her b

was standing right outs

d through

ofa. Eloisa's blonde hair

d of Carra's s

pened the camera app. She needed proof to protect herself from the PR fallout

ers. His grip was bruising,

humb down onto t

ed the betrayal i

d slipped. The edge of her phone slam

ack rang out in

movement on the sof