left behind was almost as

y, dispatching staff to deal with the carnage on the lawn a

rcing the adrenaline back dow

her face. "Your brother's temper..." she sai

o deflect, to ga

studying her with a new, calculating intensity. The

Hopkins," he said, his

lenched. She knew

"Improvisation. You said to provoke him. I

to do it." His voice was colder n

e door. "Are you enjoying this a little too mu

spicion, was suffocating. She couldn't l

o fold. A str

ding up her hands in surrender. "You

e door. "I'll wire the deposit b

e. Now. Before

wrapping around her arm like a manac

led, a flicker of something-

d enough to kiss him in front of his brother. The n

ed her about a kiss? Or wa

missed it instantly. They coul

free. "This is what you want, isn't it? Your '

. You don't get to decide when it ends. Do you think you ca

ancée. If she vanished now, he would be the family's new laughingsto

r voice tight with a panic

n only fueled

ping over her pale, strained face.

e sound of it, spoken in that low, questionin