a physical blow. Nausea rolled through her again. She stumbled t

gged down the first yellow cab she saw. She threw her suitcase into

y into the space it had just vacated. Doors opened in unison. Men in dar

n, powerful lines of a man who commanded boardrooms. His suit was immaculate, but his tie was sl

had been trying to help a woman knocked down in the crush of the crowd, pulling her into the nearest room

ve mi

ean, he was chased by people. In his de

him here and put the girl in danger, he left fir

girl's ma

ake responsibility for her and make her the h

ps his

e. His voice was a low, dangerous rumble. "Us

was supposed to be about an acquisition and dissolving his ridiculous, two

m and handing over a tablet. "We have th

ns photographs. A woman with a passing resemblance to the file pho

lained, his tone carefully neutral. "Our investigato

stair's jaw tightened. He had neve

suppress his power. He never even met her once. He didn't even return on

n. So over the years, he's done his bes

power, he's no longer bound by any restrictions. So, the

ss-it's that there's no af

good thing for

he missed, he gave her plenty in compensation: a

nst the edge of the tablet. The woman in the pic

be such a dishonest a

doesn't deserve

the woman in the lounge-the faint scent of lavender, the feel of her trembling against him. One wom

, his voice flat and cold. "Initiate the

d to a n

e infidelity clause

n from the airport. He would offer her anything to atone for what had

dard procedure is to offer a small in

is head, his eye

was quie

a whore with my

hat came to him was not of the woman in the photogr

lockdown," Finn reported quietly. "And there were no ca

ry, every flight manifest, every car service record out of this airport fo

than to Finn, a vow spoken into

t find

lting into the New York night, chasing t

ears

termined eyes walked into the terminal. She held the hands of two small boys, whi

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