matoes into a ceramic bowl an

ns for dinner, the video inte

amiliar face on the monitor and immediately pressed the

gant, but his eyes carried the sharp, dangerous edge of a predator. It was Hi

d her hair, then walked over to Alisson. His expression turned

-ceiling windows, putting distance between themselves an

as used Bella's engagement to Jake Yates as collateral. He leveraged the Yates name to secure ma

rive into her secure terminal on the side table. Instantl

illegal tax evasion, bribery,

"you are indirectly attacking the Yates family. Jake Yates does not tolerate

to ice. She stared at

n't care if Jake Yates thinks he is God. I am going to tear the Lucas family ap

here was no stopping her

million dollars for Dr. Cici. Are you sure you don't want to take the

hesitation. "His money is dirty. I want nothing to

walking toward the kitchen

ht the names "Jake

e sink, turned around, and walked quietly back to his b

k and woke up his multi-m

stom web-crawler program he had written himself, directing it to scrape

de cascaded down

opped up on the center monitor. It was a dig

wline, deep-set dark eyes, and an aura of abs

he screen. His bro

ror. He held it up next to his face, looking back and fo

r, his jawline, the bridge of his nose, and the cold, unyielding ex

gan to beat faste

hacking into the public relations

rrow night. The Waldorf Hotel. A grand engag

bedroom door and p

he magazine cov

. "I found him. This man is highly likely th

nds balled into fists, her

na whispered fiercely. "No! We cannot let

ached into his inner jacket pocket and pulled out an elegant

Hilary said. "Iman Lucas is planning to use the event to announce the hostile takeo

ock of the invitation. A predato

ing into a dangerous smile. "I will go

er bedroom. She opened her massive walk-in clos

gressive, fiery red evening g

ive, helpless girl from five years ago. Her face was sharper, her eyes harder. Sh

room, Jovany had already bypassed th

began charting a blind-spot infiltration route from the underground parking g

ll over

n their respective rooms, each secretly preparing to unleash abs