look cut right

generous amount into a glass. He downed it in one long swallow. The liquor's bur

icked his

cky. Guess my little stash isn't needed anymore, huh? So, wh

his curiosity practical

ecisive. Merciless. Always in control. But even in their pri

l and actresses. When a woman caught his interest, a l

ing, surfing, skydiving, boxing... What drew him w

t get an answer, Fraser calmly se

ected light dancing across its surface. His dee

er St

He hadn't ex

ame had been all o

was influential, but because sh

had always been

ok's elite, but they mov

ny for his first love, Peyton. The whole city was talking about it. Nat

had heard

asked. "If you really wanted to get to him, Peyton wou

n him, and the air in the room

n down Xavi

r sne

ink Trevor is

ged an awkw

t Summer... she's still his fiancée. You two

eally thinking: technically, tha

eyes na

ble talent for sayi

a moment, he genuinely wondered if

make sure you ne

ng," Xavier muttered, rais

than to stick around. He didn't need to be

private jet lifted of

as surfacing from a

ained was a crushing exhaustion, as if every bone and muscl

ng roar of a plane en

till feeling numb, and

ng skin littered with the faint marks of the night's passio

een the one t

umiliation. The realiz

bedroom door

e mattress, pulling the blanket up to her c

the bed. She held her breath. Her

hut, she could feel Fraser's

e tension beca

pt together. Surely you're not g

voice echoed th

against her ribs. Slow

s arms crossed over his chest. His dark, calm gaze was s

she'd seen him this

vealing the sharp line of his collarbone. His posture

marble. Trevor, by contrast, had always possessed a distant coldness. Fraser? There was something sharp and almost

hed the blan

," she stammered. "I was drugg

e off, f

at do you w

eping with the most powe

o way to ex

arched

ing with genuine confusion. She had a fragile kind of bea

ned nonchalantly against the w

, do you plan to

hesit

ld take you

ut a short,

need you to b

hat was

richest in Havenbrook, worth tens of billions. He

d her eye

ou at least gi

er first time

at was she su

hamed. But this was Fraser Graham. And she'd been the one to p

wo fingers under her chin to tilt he

ile curved

de sure you w

eep voice laced

n... now it's your

mind we

ug, she'd been bold, reckless

id. And she knew she

His arm wrapped around her waist, pu

e lowered his head an

is gaze... everything ab

ry surfaced

's bir

ch. That night, she had planned to give him the most precious thing she had-herself. S

denly fallen "ill." And, as al

yes glassy, staring at a cake she

e a bitter memory, shoved to the back of her cl

ghtened in her chest- for a

to her earlobe yanke

es fle

ned, braced on one a

gaze he

trac

own her spine. She'd bee

was with

uld fly in

calm, but each word ca

'm not fascinating enough

art lurched

about Fraser Graham,

merciless to anyon

he wouldn't let he

t mean to," s

rved Frase

dangerou

noth

tly, a wave of reli

no

r and pulled her flush against him. His husky

, you take