e gap in the heavy velvet curtains and

felt as if it had been smashed and ground to powder; the

n. A thick, muscular arm lay possessively across her bar

ous night flooded int

ed. She covered her mouth with both hands,

ully, she tur

ace turned toward the wall. His broad, bare ba

cable physique, and a face so breathtakingly handsome that even

damaged lace lay scattered across the fl

appened? I actually spent t

d I go into the wrong room? Did the drug clo

d shame and panic swept over her inst

e believed she had wronged him, she d

man's forearm, and lifted the heavy weight millime

floor, her knees buckled. She gripped the carved be

uined. It was n

ed a loose black cashmere coat from a hanger. She draped it over her bruised, marked skin

leather handbag. The strap was br

n on the bed and quickly away, completely unaware that the man had

-bound guest registry for a pri

ched with b

of me and wanted to cast me aside - his goal was to destroy me completely," she realized coldly. "Forget it. No matt

s accounts had been frozen by the bankruptcy trustee months ago. All she had left was t

folded one-hundr

on her thigh, her fingers

e bills onto the cold marble, and shoved them

ll the mon

door, and slipped into the empty carpeted hallway. Avoiding the elevator, she took

ft click of the heavy do

p, lazily running a hand through his dark hair. His cold gaze swept

ere pressed beneath

with two long fingers. A dark, dangerous

? You sleep with me an

high ceiling; his thin lips curve

ter reception room, and then it opened. Gavin Hayes walked

arazzi lying in wait downstairs have been detained by our privat

pled sheets. His expression instantly retur

is De

lling board members that he is hosting a family brunch for yo

wn, picked up a small piece of champagne-colored silk from t

d the marble bathroom. "It's time to show my half-brother