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Blackwood Tower, it felt lik

t. Shouting voi

away like mad. A line of security guards tried to keep

have you and Dam

ust a busi

e you into t

t of tension

't even

apped around my waist

armth surge

t his grip was

reath tickling my ear. "Unless you wa

naged to put on a neutra

s went int

moment the car doors slammed shut behind us,

a heads-up about that

tie, completely unfazed. "Yo

marrying a billionaire overnight d

gh it like it was just another day. "Not

washing over me. "W

one toward me, and

was-an

od Secretly Engaged-Meet H

as I noticed the t

wo hou

en signed t

y heart racing. "You-" My voice faltered

lightest bit remorseful

ed. "You arro

s phone, completely

tered, my eyes glued to

. "By the time the rumors start, I

wonder he was feared

mber, placing the

Blackwood executive at the Blackwood Holdings

ause before he adde

inally turned his a

at the corners of his lips, "let's go

-

ldings – Con

inside, it hit me-this

a war c

ecutives of Blackwood Industries. Each one older than Damon, all

ment, it a

was a

e in a world where men twice his age

he vulnerability

n in the room

he small of my back-another un

id, settling into his seat

sted his tie. Harrison Vale. One of Damon's

so suddenly, Blackwood? We didn't s

es. "It wasn't impulsive. I simply don't make

in the roo

me. "And what does Mrs. B

he room turn toward m

best bored socialite smile. "I believe

against the table. Just enoug

And yet, with the recent... leak of sensitive data,

aced. The

uggesting that my wife has anything to do with that

Not out of fear

oncern. After all, bringing an outsider into th

ere's one thing you should have learned by no

l into an un

art was pounding. This wasn't jus

mpire, but even kings had enemie

-

ight – Black

k to Damon's penthouse, my

aced him. "That wasn't a me

tie with a casual a

, feeling defiant

felt like an eternity.

rise, a smirk cr

r n

ated breath. "God,

ing me, but close enough for me to

murmured, "you

I hated how my bod

rom him could thr

s ringing in my head, I wa

my jaw. "No

h something unreadable. "K

me standing in the middle of his world

e wors

ven sure I