was a parking lot of yello

ar, drumming her fingers on her knee.

global bounty on 'Dr. Anti'. He's offering fifty million f

him look. Shaffer is a capitalist vulture. He probably wants me to cure his

Kat. He has res

agine," she countered. "We're

It's

earrings for tonight.

ut into the noise of the city. She gra

ylee said, adjus

rman who looked like he wrestled bears. Just as they approached the

n suit and sunglasses that cost more than the average mortga

n Mcm

gut. It wasn't love. It wasn't e

same time. Auston paused, h

lly stopped moving. Hi

t recogn

s friends while she cried in the bathroom. Now, he looked

his voice dropping an oc

im behind her sungla

. He ignored the girl on his arm. "I feel like

y, smoky quality that hadn't been there when she was twenty. Back then, h

t improved in five years,

, stunned. "Yo

ubsidiaries," Katarina said coolly. She reached up and slid

on. It made sense; in all the years they were engaged, Auston had never actually looked her in the eye. He had loo

bug spray," a

t him, her nose wrinkled. "It's really stro

ston's arm gasp

model. Her eyes were cold, pred

intimidated by the sheer f

d. She pushed past him into the store,

treating back. He pushed the model away when sh

artier on Fifth. A woman just walked in. Black hair

arina wiped her hand

ross," Ka

usually are,"

tri Shaffer is at the St. Regis. H

. "You have to

ep your head down. If he connects Katarina Acost

ded back to the hotel. The lobby was tense

head of security was sayi

d behind a massive arrangement of

hiding?" Kay

tarina whispered back.

ator doo

haffer wa

y that clearly spent time in a gym, not just a boardroom. His face was hard, handsome in a br

e that made the air aro

e sensation in her che

ad, his eyes scanning the room like a radar. His gaze swept

. She pressed her back a

ho

It was a tiny, m

owed. He took a ste

to him, holding a tablet. "The merg

owers one last time, then turned to

ension in the room di

t her ribs like a trapped bird. She didn't know why. She had f

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