or, ascending from the lobby after a quick erran

They were senior managers, dressed in sharp blazers, holding iced coffees.

them asked, reapplying her lipstick i

replied. "But get this-Finley Butler was seen driving a wo

shed she could turn invisible. She stared at t

was

it she was wearing Chane

d it crinkled loudly. The women glanced back at her, anno

. Ezra Gardner doesn't do relat

ut before the doors could open, the car

ors sl

stood

other board members. The air in t

dibly. They straightened their spine

sed, their voices trembli

s gaze went straight over their

ll; now it felt microscopic. He didn't stand at the fro

hers. The heat radiati

pressed the button for

managers were holding their breath,

ght. He didn't look

tioning in Design

Uh, no, Mr. Gardner. I

wn at Hali. His eyes lingered on the hi

his voice dropping an octave.

He knew exactly why she was wearing it

anaged to say, her v

witched. A gh

ured. "That wasn'

d. The two managers bolted out as if the c

ollow them, des

" Ezra

door open, his face a mask

to her. He

, backing int

rm and rough, brushed against the sensitive skin just below her ear

sticking ou

eft there. A jolt of electricity shot d

oice a whisper that

i. I don't like sh

returning to its stony ma

ere for a second, her legs trembling, h

ne: You okay? You'v

pped out of the elevator and walked toward the heavy wooden

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