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city apart to move me. I woke to the scent of starched

low, indirect light

rivate hospi

a chair pulled flush

gripping mine with

arp, aristocratic jawline, the dark

opened in my ches

ed my hand awa

est moveme

s dark eyes filled with

a palm over my forehea

ed from

pine hard agai

midair before fallin

sperate rush as he attempted to jus

condition as if it excus

men back up the ridge for me,

d been out of hi

face a blank mask, d

nd," I murm

eaction struck him hard

focating guilt, the ruthle

cate operations to his

my bandages with an unch

me to the waiting armored car and

yed the part of the pe

and sat in the living roo

o sat on the edge of my bed,

ish birthday gala for Sie

reasoned, and show the restless syndicat

eed, without a sec

grand ballroom of the F

lder-to-shoulder with Made Men, Ca

champagne and whispered

e Don's highly suspicious d

d on the grand staircase, the weigh

ringing sound calling for th

underworld, I presented Siena wi

the heavy jewel to the b

e and publicly wished h

is dark eyes locking instantly

ized it i

me-the ultimate symbol of his

s jaw clenching so tight a

ngle word, a harsh screech of

curity screens flickered

ring quartet c

otage began to loop on

g aggressively groped and kissed by an older, noto

erupted i

d weapons, while wives shrieked and scr

reens in pure horror befo

hest heaving as she pointed a

reamed that I had orchestrated th

iring the rival bos

bled to her feet and fled out of the b

static of the poor-quality video on the screen, the rigi

he turned his

nted toward the doors, chas

oors slammed sh

n the grand staircase to face the pred