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woke with a gasp, tangled in silk sheets that felt cold against her skin. She tried to shift, to slide out of the
sti
, gray-blue depths. It was the gaze of a predator, always alert. His arm,
?" His voice was a low rumble ag
mach. A wave of nausea churned upwards, and the color drained from her face. She bit do
s fingers traced the delicate skin of her nap
al, but the undertone
s arm away with a strength born of panic, she scrambled from the bed. Her bar
ammed shut
up. In the vast mirror, her own reflection stared back-a pale, haunted woman with a conste
with such force that it h
loosely tied at his waist. His tall, broad fr
om her pale face, down her trembling form, and then stopped, fi
n the faucet. The sound of rushing water filled the suffocating silenc
d. He turned and walk
e was safe. Then she heard his voice from the bed
Park Avenue. Now. I want
ut of the bathroom, her wet hands leaving damp pri
orcing her head up. His eyes, cold and s
her damp lip. "You better pray th
earby chair and threw it at
y in his voice.
t terry cloth. The fabric was a flimsy shield against his
her wrist, his grip like steel, and dragged her out of
e impact jarring her already aching body. She watched, numb, as he methodically dressed
lection in the mirror perfect and severe. He lo
at her feet. "You have three minutes
It only ever made things worse. Turning her back to him, she quickly shed the ro
k, his expression darkening. He hated anyth
te with its strings cut. He stepped forward
er against her ear. "Remember your place. Y
de and red-rimmed, flew to his
n her gaze. It was far more interesti
cold, powerful mask ba
the cold marble floor like walking on knives,
y divider was raised, sealing them in a suffocating, leather-scented capsule. Eleano
d for everything. His peripheral vision caught her attempt to shrink away. With a sl
shoulder, her hand instinct
id not go unnoticed. Axel's eye
ting out some touching maternal drama," he sneered, his fingers
creet, high-end private clinic on the Upper East Side,
anor frozen in her seat, he leaned back in, his arm hookin
t, completely cleared of other patients. A man in his fifties with a kind face
Coc
towards the nurses. "Full blood panel. Ultr
drew her blood, the prick of the needle a distant, insignificant pain. She
e her flinch. The technician moved the probe, and on the
ad already shattered, was sque
down at the flimsy piece of paper, at the undeniable proof. For a split second, a f
evels confirm it. She's approximately six weeks pregnant." He pau

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