ed the bodyguards, and they immediately lock

printed over, sweat

He bypassed the lobby and marched str

keyboard. He pulled up the camera f

howed nothin

anager wiped his forehead with a tre

abbed the manager by the collar an

entered that suite, this entire c

ed. "The schedule! Get th

crumpled piece of paper. The manager poin

she was the primary staff assigned to the

to deliver wine and wasn't official

leigh at first gl

photo of the name

anager gasped into

was applying bright red lipstick in the mirro

black suits grabbed her arms. They dragged her toward the

custom-tailored suit. Smoke curled from the cigarette between h

. Adrian shoved

saw Cassius's god-like, scul

ed her up and down, searching for t

rfume hit his nose. His stomach churned with di

om last night?" Cass

deny it. But then, her eye

tray was a silver neckl

er roommate's most

plit second. She bit her lip, forced

tance between them. The sheer physical dominance radiating fr

st. He couldn't smell that unique scent of roses and rain on her at all. But the necklace was the only physical evidence left in his room. Could she have us

cklace and tossed i

sius said, his tone devoid of any human warmth. "Bu

chest. She kept her head down to hi

et her up in a high-end apar

the suite witho

igh stood up, straightened her spine, and st

into her cramped apartment. She collapsed o

er, scrubbing her skin until it was raw. She stared at the r

her collarbone

rs met em

mother's only re

She ran to her torn uniform on the floor

that suite. But the thought of going bac

phone screamed fr

shed: Brenda. Her

wiped to

rough the speaker. "Ayleen! Your fathe