e room dared

uard's arms without even looking at him. Then he walked to the cent

a rival company in a single night, then sent the owner a bottle of wine to celebrate. A nurse swore he had fired two hundred people with one email a

ven raised h

" he

d, and every person

son excep

and she saw it: a flicker in his dark eyes. It was so small

nt of rich men. "Mr. Blackwood, I am Camille Langford. I have wanted to meet you for so l

s head and l

. He did not

sat back down like a child

?" Dominic a

my husband has made a terrible mistake,

le forty million dollars from me. Do not us

nt white. She s

stopped in front of Harold, who was still

e was calm, which made it so much worse. "W

ght. Then, for one fraction of a s

e was almost certain t

sely. "It was mine. I wa

are l

fell lik

ough to have designed this on your own. Somebody put the idea in yo

swear on

egan, then stopped, as Diane's

ollowed was thick

very slowly. "He did s

ur. "N-nothing. I was confused.

he straightened, and Sienna could not tell whet

she realised. H

every glance, every stammer. And somewhere in this house, s

ominic, without tur

rward. "Miss Hart has

s s

had entered, Dominic Blackwo

had not slept properly in years. His jaw was hard, his stare steady, his black shirt perf

, glancing at the badge still cli

es

ur father on the floor, your family lying to my face, and a stranger offer

t pay for my brother's

his eyes again. Interes

op herself. "Your lawyer says you asked for

held it

now, close enough that she could smell the rain on him, a

he said quietly,

not an

y one you will

she held his gaze. She would not look

ne bu

hers. It wa

first time that night, his face changed. It was subtle: a slight tig

calmly. "Who knew I was com

"Only your security

explai

Sienna caught only two words, in bold bla

outs

urned toward

eyond the glass lay the dark garden, the fa

ent, noth

nto the shadows. It was slow, too slow to be an

est. Harold dropped his glass, and whis

his voice. One bodyguard was already at the front

d. "Sir, how did they kno

m face to face: Harold, Diane, Camille, Mr. Grant. Then they sto

quietly. "Did you tel

w your name an hour

the table and held it out to her. "Sign, Miss Hart. Ton

k window. Then at the man she had never m

haking, but he

anything I have no

wood went com

d shouted a single, sharp sentence tha

is someone