line

penthouse corridor as the two officers h

itched the camera to high-definition video mode, and aim

e podium, reaching out to s

aven't you caused enough of

reach cleanly, my

If your heart is breaking for her, President Fischer, fe

jaw clenching hard as I walked r

had crowded around their cubicle walls, staring i

her head and cover her face with her bound hands, but the officers kept a firm gr

I am? I belong to the Guy family

tracks down her cheeks as

uring every second of her humiliation until Detective Marcus gave me

ave of loud gasps and furious whi

the phone back into my clutch, a

or gathered his coffee-stained papers

she gut our seasonal bidding strategy, she just turne

shareholders stormed out of the room, their eyes fli

ard against his upper stomach, his face pale under the f

ed. I'll handle

the last director shut the door, leaving th

e. Kiel yanked his silk tie loose at the c

satisfi

ce was

ock through the mud--was this your rea

lame onto my shoulders even with the truth

ed Apex's reputation, Kiel. I jus

black clutch

y think yo

me, invading my space as he trie

the New York sports capital circle, with

hout blinking and l

eping me in the dark for six years an

l flinch, his foot shifting back ha

temper get the best of you--there's clea

n six years, his com

cket of my clutch and pulling out a crisp slip of pape

dex and middle fingers, I raise

g between us, Kiel. Just on

ndwritten numbers on the c

exactly one hundre