ise flashed across

incent grabbed her wrist and yan

the next moment, Katherine fou

ts way to the lock, sending a shiver d

w and razor-sharp, eyes locked on her flushed cheeks. T

did

on her lips, sm

issed her

he had her wrists trapped above her

eathless i

her up and laid her on the hospita

ine's eyes widened as she realized what he intended. She

he door hand

confused, followed by a knock. "Vincent, are y

a deep breath, resting his forehead against Katherine's

been following her... hide," he said

haken, she slipped behind the door, p

stepped into the hallway, bl

se still racing. The heat Vincent

atch and waited f

ay to the conference room-just in time for

lasted nea

e shortcut back, instead circling around the

layed the key points of the

had a real shot at walking aga

dimmed with worry. "How are we g

the cost," Kather

ere will you get t

rous year-end bonus," Kathe

t money. But she was Vincent

nding limit and quietly deposited m

enough to cover

t brief, slipping out o

mily that Katelyn

uch-her husband's betr

spiraled so badly she'd considered ending it all, taki

d their fractured

edication, the doctors warned she couldn't han

headed toward the hospital entrance, two famili

cted to see the

froze for a moment, then brightened with forced

ill, watching them co

ered somethin

Katherine-his gaze cool, detached-then

st in her chest. Her slight

wn the steps arm in arm, not once lookin

y buzzed. She ope

r, but she recognized the to

ou a ride, but he insisted on taking me to the hotel first so I could rest. I'm sorry if I said any

ght. Beneath the syrupy apology, she could feel

d slipped the phone back int

walking when a voic

Gill,