Turn

o the teeth of the Nor'easter. Heavy snow slammed against the windshie

tightly over my purse on my knees, barely daring to breathe. Beside me, Knox drove with one large hand

his jaw and the pale scar over his right brow, making him l

n lit up with an incoming Blu

of hesitation, he pressed the button on

n, the sharp ringtone echoing through the

tongue, yanked his silk tie loose from

ed, his voice dropping t

e voice blasted through the

you have any idea what kind of mess I just spent

ger door and wishing I could turn invisible. Eavesdropping on the internal warfare of one

e of the board's business," Knox said, his

sharp, mocking la

ill running paparazzi photos of you and that gold-digging figure skater every sing

voting shares transferred to your name on your thirtieth birth

n't play by his nineteenth-c

ares!" Victoria snapped back

end of this month, the trustees will freeze your equity transfer and hand your seat on the executive board straigh

his foot down

ghtly before coming to a dead stop at the empty red light. The sudden force threw me f

aight up. "Nobody touches my shares, and that bastard isn't setting one foot insid

n on the wheel so hard I tho

hythmic, heavy thumping of the windshield wipers pushi

ndow, holding my breath and praying he ha

ripped the steering wheel, his knuckles white against the black

aight at me. His gray-blue eyes were da

of that," he

frantically. "No! I was looking at the snow-I didn't hear a single wor

senger seat. Gradually, the terrifying hostility drained from

s the light turned green and he eased the car back onto the snowy

dropped my gaze to my bruis

night?" Knox asked suddenly, cutting straight to the bone. "Coach Richard left the house in

traight at my sore

I tell Knox the real reason? Knox was the alternate captain and part-owner of the Bosto

son, or that Brodie himself had started looking at me like easy prey before he lef

omen chasing players for their paychecks; I refused to let hi

ivate hockey training and equipment," I said quiet

. Carlene feels like having an extra person in the house is a burden now that Richar

lap, praying he would buy

ng over the side of my face, taking in the cheap wool coat I was

ss billion-dollar negotiation tables, and sittin

thinking he was going to press me about Brodie, Knox tap

Knox said, his deep voice suddenly calm and calcul

start my new job at Vanguard PR next week and save

u stay under that roof until you save up first and last month's rent?" Knox glanced at me, on

unable to argue. He had hear

f the empty snow-covered road just before the b

me. His broad shoulders blocked out the glow of the st

blue eyes locking onto mine with unsettling intensity. "A deal where th