s carved jagged shadows through the smoky haze while the bass hammered, relentless and wild. Bodies pressed togethe

shot, the burn barely registering. Her thumb flicked aimle

a bare-chested man, diamond ring flashing in every shot, the hem o

ture to recognize the man. I

tness, almost to the point of gaggin

rushed in, sugary a

couple. Glad the

her own. No backwater b

op, glowing blue,

rless. That sort of blow might have crushed her once. Toni

t, but someone's hand clamp

through the blaring music. "Daniela... When did

front of her. The room spun, lights smearing across h

ub lights, breath warm with whiskey. When she tried to stand, her knees buckled. She toppled forward with a car

eak. This was her resurrecti

aw, squinting at him through the buzz

color flaring on his che

voice thick with heat. "Why don't you look again

s brushing his ear as she murmured,

she rose unsteadily and

ut she barely cared. He didn't look imp

s hands wandered boldly, sliding over his

er in, devouring her lips in a bruising, breathless kiss. Their

rried her upstairs, his voice gravelly in

gs clutching tight as heat flared between t

up in the wild, dizzying blur of the night. They lost themselves in eac

.

pilled across the tangled s

and waist ached so much it felt

round her, memory coming back

with a strange

e image stayed sharp-that m

flashed on the screen. Joshua's bratty little sister didn't bother with greetings. "Daniela, where

ingers to her aching forehead, wincing a

years, they had worked grueling shifts at a f

e had handled everything: drew up the business plan, poured in the investment f

turned into a citywide obsession, w

arely looked up, barking orders at her as if sh

t? They didn't even real

, and here Daisy was, calling he

ad, Daniela called the butler and asked him t

on the coffee table, its edges sharp an

years, maybe it's time you took me off your blocklist.

ned with unmistakable f