a's

rist. "Mostly your skin's just too

and kissed the i

en we're home. Don't let someone who

ed an

esn't matter -

think - short of catching them mid-ac

olor drained clean out of Helena's face - nothing left of the

my car. Jasper caught my hand and haul

me. I'll ta

e my o

ugh that shaking him off wasn't an option

and-white hair clip lay quiet on the dark gray sea

ed, like he was clearing a p

door frame, arms cros

f A Cheating Man's Guide to Detailing His Own Car. You'd better sweep it all in on

ssion dar

to make everything

'm drawing reasonable conclusi

ords like a hand on the back of my neck. "JD Group is in an expansion phase. Not every partner I deal with is going to be

without i

ader's daughter, or a woman with real standing? Are you going to throw a tantrum like thi

hed, I nodded

long-term future. I catch you cheating because my mind's in the gutter. And whe

not what

Mr. Dawn, you should really get out of running a company and into manufa

was something

argument on paper didn't mean I walked away unscathed - the bond kept

nt bumper had already met the

plate:

ady lost a fiancé, a wedding dress, and my

nd owned it

that's enti

away. He walked around to the back door instead,

to the collar, features cut sharp and cold, no pheromone

- the wolf - o

It just fixed on this Alpha with something

a destructive blizzard, this man belonged to wh

econd at the side of my neck - as if he'd clocked the

and my love life had turned into a full-scale waste-sorting

ting's in ten minutes

ped away to take a call. The drive

aired, call this number. We'l

t want to discuss c

oux is a

nted bumper, then down

e plate probably cost m

ed - years of professionalism the only

name, Le Roux, and

. Before getting in, the man glanced back at me once more. Maybe I imagin

uld only feel sorry for me. So that was probably just my

ome home once, though the private investi

y clear: Helena on the balcony in his white shirt, him wrapped around h

ing the purple roses in the yard whe

me,

t remover he'd used worked well - but gard

d," I

, a note of something plea

all

o out of business this week? What kind of business trip needs two

ent rigid

e you im

about JD Group's new

. He caught me back in, l

you. Can we

'only,' I want to

ha

is that a number, or ju

ion finally

es

and away. "You're going to give me a

led up, Jasper's whole demeanor shifted - he grabbed my hand, some deep Alpha ins

ed me, the balcony photo fl

ably kissed Helena

roat. I yanked my hand ba

sil

cold in his eyes de

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