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d return

her skin. Her limbs felt heavy, but her body... her body didn't hurt. Not like it should. She remembered the scr

lt too annoyed for that.

ive looking chandelier. She winced as her eyes struggled ag

nting, this was not her world of cheap pizza, expired milk, and thrift-store

ce was a

ut she gritted her teeth through it. There was a sitting area near the window, and a fire

oat, obviously a d

eath s

e had hair as dark as midnight, a body any athlete would be jealous of and a mouth that looked like it never s

, watching her with all the emotion of

him, too stunn

antasy. The kind of man you hated instantly because he seemed full of danger, pri

to notice her stirring.

rried its usual fire. "Yeah. Seems like whate

didn't... not with her feeling so vulnerable on his bed. She hat

ng," he sai

Don't 'good morning' me, tuxedo B

suffered a minor concussion and some bruising but luckil

in annoyance. "I wa

ut any remorse in his tone. "My ca

g. "You ran me over in your overpriced death mob

e you the best doctor around," he said, as though he was render

of pain in her ribs. "So that's what rich psychos do now?

spital would have been tight

ke it sound like you adopted a stray puppy. Let me guess... you felt guilty an

and that made

nger was pointed menacingly at him. "You don't get to

lmly. "You were walking in the mi

rmal, broke person who doesn't have a chauffeur

clearly uncomfortable with the exchang

nstantly. "I've been taking care of myself since I was sixteen, an

nge expression passed across his face

ger deflated instantly, and was quickly replaced by a nauseous feeling. Her knees were weak and wobbling

warm, solid, and shockingly gentle for a man who looked like his hobby was snappi

ands, Damien" the doctor remarked behind her. "Give her

ng himself back. "I've met fire before," he m

es, she'll be coming for your head next." T

ied, as he gradually eas

to her when she wakes up. You're not the first man w

ed shut behind

athing softly and steadily through slightly parted lips. He stood th

was behind those eyes. She was no way fragile, she was a volca

He just hadn't decided yet how mu

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