lobby slid open. The crisp New Yor

nto the pavement with one hand. He stopped, shrugged off his suit jacket

the jacket, It smelled of c

ion today? she thought, utterly bewil

e ignored her internal commentary and pushed the whe

He pulled open the rear door and bow

e. Her pupils dilated. She jerked

e gambler! Next week he's going to tamper with the brakes to pay

lp her stand. He froze. His da

ched his hands out

s hands away with a

ngelo snarled

ushing red. He lowered his head, hidin

ther behind her back. He lifted her effortlessly, holding her

ld her

heart fluttering before panic set back in. No

. He slammed the heavy doo

lew across the screen, sending an enc

the engine. He looked in the rearview mirr

belt tight enough to

d internally. That toxic snake Georgina

or. His voice was dead flat. "No.

he put the car in drive and

t a long, s

his private fortress. Georgina can't ge

ck against the seat, closing his eyes. His phone buzzed again

nt high-risk wire transfers to known offshore gambling havens. It was a massive

air in the back of the Maybach g

arage of the Manhattan high-rise. Kris put it

ed in and pulled Elba out, k

stared at Kris with eyes like shat

ned of all color

s from Kris's face, showing the bank statements. "Do I need to call the

collapsed onto the concre

frozen. Her

, her mind reeling. Did he pl