Turn

med to vanish f

o miss. It was the same sharp, ruthless face plastered across Forbes covers,

, his jaw slack as

at. Her carefully maintained poise vanished instantly, th

inst my cold skin. Towering over Da

his deep voice echoing off the narrow walls.

e bobbing frantically as he tried to

le! How could a nobody like her be dating someone like you? She's playing you, Mr.

a short, humo

o of my hand only to slide his arm firmly aroun

s, the solid warmth of his body su

as flat, carrying the quiet, terrifying authority of a ma

ead toward Carlene, his face red and sweaty. "Carlene! Didn't yo

o clasp them together in front of her stomach. Sh

er voice shaking. "Amaya never breathed a wo

lue eyes, shifting his g

ard were still alive to see you pimping out the girl he raised to

lapped her across the face. Her head snapped down

out of that VIP room two seconds ago. He had he

y, his cold gaze droppin

hands on her w

shoved his right hand behind his back,

ack to the table, Mr. Leonard! I swear I

ight tilt of his chin toward the sui

hly and held out a crisp, matte-bla

l for Summit Capital," the assistant

ght, you can expect a call from our litigation team to

face. He couldn't even bring himself to reach for the card. Everyone working on State Street kne

just get Davey fired-it would get him blacklist

ce cracked in sheer panic, his hands coming up defensively. "I'm sorry

tly on my waist, his thum

I break the hand you touched

behind in the dining room, he spun around and bolted down the hallway,

ath I felt like I had been

oned by her prize catch. She forced a stiff, ugly smil

ng since Richard's funeral," she said, try

other? Brodie is coming home next week after signing

ipped ice. "You don't need to trouble yourself w

around my waist and steered me past her toward the p

he heavy brass doors slid shut, cutti

ne with his silent assistant, I realized ho

er his arm and took two steps back against the c

Something unreadable flickered in his eyes befo

t as I rubbed it gently. "If you hadn't walked out when you did and pl

nst the opposite handrail, his heavy gaze

dry mockery in his deep voice. "Two min

en up and swallow me. "I panicked! Davey was trying to drag me out to his car, a

ightly as he looked at the red fin

irst instinct is to grab a random man in a hallway instead o

had been his youth coach and mentor, and Knox had paid for Richard's medical bills and funeral,

my fingers curling into the cheap wool hem of my coat. "Besides,

deep frown creasing his scarred brow as

tly lit underground VIP parking garage. Sitting in the reserved spot ri

levator, unbuttoning his

u back to Cambridge," h

rified of being trapped alone in a cramped two-seater sp

d quickly, taking a step toward the pedestrian exit ramp. "The T sta

his head slowly, his scarred right eyebrow lifting as

eater Boston starting in ten minutes," Knox said flatly. "Do you want to freeze

emergency weather alert, and a freezing blast of wind howled d

of the car, pulled open the heavy passenger door, and stood ther

low leather passenger seat. The second Knox shut the door, sealing me inside the q