esitate. She leaned across the wide leath

f of Houston's dark suit jacket. She tilted

glad. I left a terrible place, and now

trace beneath the heavy cedar of the car interior-a faint scent of cheap soap an

let go. Her fingers tightened on his sleeve, and he

His breathing stopped completely for a full second. No w

Since we are going to be legally married, we should

head gently against his shoulder. Sh

it jacket. A tight, unfamiliar knot formed in the center of his chest. He looked down at the top of

t push h

smiled against his jacket and rubbed her cheek

red. "But it feels safe. Safer tha

Houston dropped ten degrees. A dark, vi

ted his shoulder down just a fraction of an inch,

wn, pulling to a stop

car," Hous

oked out the window. "Aren't we going t

er cheek. The corner of his mouth twitched upward, a moveme

e. Houston stepped out into the night air. H

nd in his. His palm was cool, but his grip was absolute

one steps of City Hall. Ho

der. Aiden Foster's eyes widened to the size of saucers when he saw Houston Vand

t the folder. "The prenuptial agreement,

et division clauses. The document essentially transferred a massive portion of the Vanderbilt liquid assets and real estate

take? You're giving me everything. You g

unreadable mask. "My life isn't worth much.

his cold, beautiful face and saw the

ok the pen Aiden offered and signed her name at the bottom

ture dry. A dark satisfac

ng her through the heavy

s looked up. When they recognized the man walking across t

on, then at the woman holding his hand, and physically stumbled over his own fe

d, bowing so low his tie brushed