hogany study. Thick cigar smoke hun

temples. "Elvis Barron is coming to dinner next week. If he

s tie. "The Livingston merger hasn't cl

not an

He said her not showing up made her seem... untamed. He offered to

against the floorboards. She couldn't hear their w

ut from the outside. A shadow moved under the

ushed the door open, carrying a

y on the bed. As she pulled her hand back, she l

l the door locked agai

r name and Mr. Grossman. There is a very importan

d knot. Grossman was a known predator.

heck. Five million dollars. If she cashed it

to use it a

her vanity. She tore a sticky note from h

r psychotic break. I

nter of the five-million-dollar check.

board. As an underground auditor, breaking into the Owen Esta

oor alarm. She set a t

oom door. The maid open

a diamond Cartier watch from her pocket-she had stolen it from Kaleig

day courier. To Burleigh Livingston.

Greed flashed in her eyes. She

he edge of her bed and opened a new brow

ragic Car Crash. Heir Confined

chair. She remembered the way he swung that golf club.

could not swing

ngston empire, she would have unrestricted access to their private intelligence network. The exact

" she mouthed t

aking his madness. He was faking his pa

rossman. She needed to sell h