lted her from the first decent sleep she'd had all week. She groaned,

ked, her voice stil

een running or crying or both. "My mom's in the hospital. I...I have to fly out this morning.

tly racing. "Wait. The pentho

ck the kitchen, the usual. He's away on a trip. He shouldn't be back today."

and full of something uns

her forehead. "F

esaver. Seriously. I owe

nd Arabella stare

I just

amous penthouse suite, holding her cleaning supplies like armor. The elevator h

hat makes your heartbe

shoes against marble echoing through the

" she wh

ne spread. Art hung on the walls, abstract and intimidating. The air smel

emerge and escort her out. But the place was immaculate. Like someone

Pinterest. There was even a spiral staircase leading up to a glass-wal

she reached

s mas

ke, draped in charcoal silk sheets t

a stare

a second," she mutter

the edge of the bed, and let ou

a m

t a

oke up to

res

ng feeling you get when

ark now except for the warm glow

was br

it wanted out of her chest. Slowly, she re

fr

g by the doorw

ke

r. Dripping f

nitely not a

very part of him that was most

e sheets like it was a bomb shelter. "You're

, like this wasn't the weirdest p

accident. I was just dusting no! That sounds wrong. I mean

like being naked in front of strangers was

shrieked from und

the hell

rabella. Quinn. Cleaner. Temporary

with maddening ease. His expression was unreadable. Sharp jaw. Col

eek someone's entered my home w

ned. Just

and heavy and then, unex

s the kind of laugh that said I'm

m leaving. I'll-I'll tell Harley it was a mix-up. And I'll never touch

im, cheeks burnin

er said coolly, "You

see him dangling

, snatching it and bol

he again until t

eart in her throat, the absurdity of wh

he most powerful

ke

d been i

plays and she trips into a cake. Instead, she was left with only her

bsolutely

hrough the lobby, ignoring the polite nod of the security guard, and practically sprinted to the street w

hands and hit Allison's name. The phon

kay? Is the penthouse lock

d, her voice high-pitched and

t of silence. T

ust swinging in the air like a morning breeze!" Arabella was pacing the sidewalk

ked, confused but way too calm for the

ed, like the name alone might

son was

rl, say that

the image from her mind. "And not like, oh look he's in a towel and maybe his abs are

e phone, laughter erupting. "You walked

n me! I fell as

WHA

igured I'd rest for a second before doing a quick tidy. I blinked and B

embarrassment. She continued pacing in a frantic loop near

n his bed and I just who does that? Who yells at their boss about

wheezed, clearly dy

blacklisted me from every cleaning job in the country. I wanted to die, Allie. Not figuratively. Literally. I was

ng," Allison gasped th

issed, holding the phone like it betrayed her. "You s

God, this is insane." Allison was still laughing but at lea

naked and mysterious. And terrifying. I swear to God, Allie, his voice

Allison whispered in the mo

Greene, I swear

I mean, you saw it

t probably drives a Porsche and ne

stop. I'm going to get thrown out of this

own on a bench, burying her face

lso maybe a memor

id dramatically. "I'm changing my name. Moving to Canada. Livin

being dr

dripping

e one who saw it

AIT

anymore, but from exhaustion, adrenaline, and the overwhelming truth

old, calculating, amused had said s

wasn'

ew deep in

't going to f