I'll ma

ver got t

ke out of Elias' throat, dra

own all at once, so harsh that

her mouth with

bit of control he had been

iding up to cradle the back of her head

s tongue pushing in with a hunger that

around Evelyn's wai

's mouth. His kiss drowned

beneath the harsh, u

even swallow slipped fro

wer belly, throbbing through the drenched fabri

with Carsten, but he had never once

e and raw, helpless fear made he

the desire in him snu

d, he drew ba

t the sight of her face

her lips puffed from the kiss,

gaze, cutting straight through whate

ithout warning and

, and her spine struc

t him, still

ed both hands against the wet wall b

ailed to cover the sound

n't lay a hand on a wom

Marti

t o

ce was icy

A chill ran through Evelyn's body. She did n

f the bathroom, cr

e door, Elias' voice came again fro

Use the other bathroom.

ween her teeth and replied in a

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water finall

at rigid on the sofa in the livi

e up behind her, snapp

y slipped into a

gaped a little, exposing the clean lines of his

e, though a faint redness

on her, they felt sharp en

you in?"

, Mr. Wheeler,"

her. Mr. Wheeler told me that if you agreed to keep me here a

Elias. "Henry is getting darin

d and got to her fee

your urges, and I need NS1209. Doesn't

her chin, a thin, nearly merc

o had NS1209? Do you really think what yo

d, like a slap thrown st

palms, using the sting to hold on to

she said softly. "Please give m

d fingers and tried to lo

where he was,

k robe opened, baring his muscles, stil

s though it held frightenin

own his chest, then vanished

abric of his underwear

exactly wh

ged into h

her hand back

letely, Elias' hand locked arou

ear, thick and rough

chance? If you don't do anything, how

er eyes up at him. "Mr. Martin

im her name after

t her mouth, something i

ned harsher, and he hurled he

t her, his face

n Sreles knows your name. And you came here with that title attach

I'm not engaged to Carsten anymor

eeling a bit embarrassed. "I'm sorry. If

when Elias' hand closed around he

ed low, thick with suppressed emotion, a

ally can't

ain and forced her face upward. "You said

h

ted the wrong man an

k crossed Ev

ilent desperation. "The Ward family won't give my mother NS1209 anymore. But DeepBlue Biotech only supplied it to them. So, you're the only one

on her, like a predat

weighing whether to keep

heart without warning, and her

oment, then released her an

e poured himself a glass of ice

nally calmed the

was hoarse. "I can give you NS1209. H

er ribs. She could barely believ

the glass down and turned back to her.

hat it is, I agree!"

at how tightly she held on to that sliver of h

here by her

t let her walk away

, his tall frame looming

you to m