frantic clicking of cameras ceased. The shouting died

chaos

ement, of a story so massive it would define a year. Reporters surged forwa

to recover. His face went pale, then red with fury. He lunged forward, his thick

the delicate fabric of her dr

he woman clinging to him. He simply raised two fi

He flinched as if he'd been struck, then immediately retracted his arm an

ms. He could feel the frantic, desperate trembling of her

eye. It traced a path down her cheek, and where their faces

t match dropped into a barrel of gasoline. It

at ran a global financial empire-was screaming at him. Shove h

heart that had silently, painfully, craved her for ten years, was

r lips, a muffled whimper again

s ago, before the hatred set in. It was a key

ped down on her waist, his fingers digging into her flesh through the

w. Everyone in their world knew that Axel Sterling did not toler

ntorted with a jealousy so potent it was suffoca

er clipboard. It clattered to the ground, unno

stion marks. The internet shattered. The term SterlingKiss didn't just trend; it detonated

head spinning. She pulled back just an inch

ed directly into his. His were black, bottomless pits, a sw

ce. His eyes raked over her face, searching, dissecting,

sperate need that mirrored the one hidden in his own soul. He saw love, yes, but

il they burned. The flashbulbs continued to detonate around them, catchi