Married To My Toxic Ex-Boyfriend's Brother

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o her path. She violently swerved to avoid him,

hat sparkling water with his signature, possessive smile. The real

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zz music from across the room. I

the suffocating noise of the banquet and stumbling into the dimly lit VIP hallway. The cold air-con

orridor. A yellow maintenanc

gasps. She grabbed the brass handle of the nearest gue

doors opening echoed down

s a maid had just stepped out. She threw her weight against the heavy double doors, and the unlatched wood gave way. She practically fell in

as tr

she tried to pull air into her burning lungs. The room was

the clink of i

assive silhouette sat in th

echoed in the quiet room. He leaned forward, the dim light catching the sharp, ru

was plastered across the front page of the Wall Str

ard, but her limbs felt like lead

d the room, his expensive leather shoes stopping mere inches from her trembling finge

humb and forefinger clamped around h

ne, threatening to snap her consciousness in half. She bit down on her lower lip until she tasted

kle vibrated in

ner of her mouth. "By the time an ambulance gets through Manhatt

r, heavy footst

voice was muffled but fu

or iced over her veins. Without thinking, her hand shot out, her fin

dangerous gleam flashed in his eyes. His thumb subtly grazed the face of

arms went under her knees and behind her ba

cedarwood and raw male pheromones engulfed her senses, clashing violently wit

sofa, immediately caging her in wit

urmured, his breath brushing against

ndle rattle

or!" Johan screamed, slammin

thread of Eleanore's sanity. She couldn'

ched up, her trembling hands wrapping around the th

s. It was clumsy, desperat

er. His large hand slid to the back of her head, his fingers tangling in her hair, holding her in place as his m

ody covering hers entirely, making

the room. The hotel manag

all with a loud bang. Johan storm

d onto the sofa. The veins

the sound ripping from his

t even look surprised. He calmly reached down, pulling the edges of his suit jacket

his hand reaching out

y shifted his weight and drove his heavy

pain, stumbling backward and

Johan screamed, his fa

ady gathering at the door, their

om the hallway, having been silently summoned moments prior. L

se and terrifyingly calm. He looked at Johan, then at the crowd, his

as deadly quiet, yet it carried through the ent