lyn as if it were trying to wash away the city's sins. Zara Monroe held her oversized tote bag
s late
customers waving menus impatiently. Ms. Annie, her no-nonsense boss, was at the counte
breathless, Zara offered the same exc
ord. Just pointed at the
r apron and
ps were barely enough for the bus ride home. She checked he
l, trying not to cry. Raindrops fell onto her already so
ar pull up until it stoppe
dow rol
t i
e. Deep. Cal
partially lit by the car's interior glow, but she could see his
know you,
ied coolly. "But I k
from the hospital? Did som
"But I have a
was suffocating. Everything smelled
perfectly tailored charcoal suit. Zara couldn't stop glancing
, but you used to write. Fiction. Ro
iffened. "How d
lls. Your sister's condition." He leaned forward. "You'
ice barely above a wh
n Blac
ork knew who Damien Blackwood was. Tech billionaire.
d. "This is a prank or s
ke he was studying prey. "Come work for me. One month. You'll be p
"What kind of job pays
mile. "Be m
m, blood draini
th strangers for
live with me. Publicly. Appear as my companion. Someone who c
when people ask wh
ess. The kind the tabloids
head. "No. T
envelope toward
ars. A non-disclosure clause. A cover story for your past. A
dn't t
st you," she
ldn't," h
mething in his gaze made her stomach twist-not
d stepped back into the
dn't s
't throw it