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me, but more than that,I hated how much

em. He was a complicat

control. The heat of his gaze lingered long after he walked away, and the

ed into whatever dark or

o denying it. I

en afraid of him

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or. I wasn't some naive girl. Leo didn't care about me beyo

l it was su

my room and clear my head. But before I c

fr

nce filled the room bef

e

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mach c

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ok a slow step forward. "I t

sinking into my chest. "You're my emp

lexing at his sides. "Not w

s low, almos

en you forget the formalities you begin to forget other things. But the way he looke

o," I wh

but there was not

" he m

resser behind me. "Why are you in my room?

t over me, slow and deliberate, like he was trying to unrav

urge to shift u

said, "We ne

about Adrian, I don't need it. I already know

about Adrian. You're caught between

in pr

I don't understand is why you care so much. I work for yo

le

heavy s

e clock on the far wall, the u

voice was steady. "Because you don't

xactly who he is. I spent years trying to keep him out of my li

rous flashing behind them. "You thi

else would you be here? Why els

closer, and suddenly,

you talk to," he murmured.

mach t

hell does

d," he continued, his voice low

. "I only work for you

my arm, his touch leaving heat in its wake

e said. "But

iffe

This whole conver

that was suspected to be involved with the mafia,and yet here he

e wors

part of me wanted

something between frustration and disbelief. "You hired m

ered, but he d

ed, his voice softer now, but no less dangerous.

llowe

skin. "You don't see it yet, but you wil

s. "I don't need anything from you," I

ike he found my resi

ed my ja

y waist, pulling me close. My breath hitched, my hands

he murmured, his voic

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ed at me made my stomac

d him

mistake," I

jaw, a barely-there touch th

s voice raw. "But it's o

n he ki

crashed against mine

p tightened on my waist, pulling me flush against him, and I hated how

shirt, desperate for

have stop

I di

tangling in my hair, deepening the

s breathing was uneven, his eye

to me now,"

inside m

lf away, my breath ragged. "No, I don't,

ngue over his lower lip. "K

whole body trembli

from Blackwood," he said, his voice back to that cold,

the air before turning and

heart hammering,

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