sliced through the gap in

s no confusion. Only the cold, calcula

eyes, and his muscles felt unnaturally tight. He looked down at hi

ies of last night cr

instantly locked onto a dark, dried smea

e air in the room seem

the carpet. The room was empty, but the air was thick with her. It was

ear a toppled floor vase, a smal

rolled his thumb slowly over his index knuckle, trapping the pearl in

throom and turned the shower

ingering heat of the drug. By the time he stepped out and wrap

orbell

very Shaw, stood in the ha

ght the shattered vase, the smell of sex, and the bl

ty reported an anomaly. The cameras on this floor were hit wit

irt from the garment bag. He sh

rinding stones. "Every traffic light, every ATM within a fiv

oor suddenl

y two massive bodyguards. Her hair was

rembling hand over her mouth and ran toward

a smooth ha

ht her balance, her face flushing with embarrassment. The

ectly. "I was so worried. I got so drunk last night,

word. He just stared at her. The crushing, suffocat

e crystal whiskey glass from last night. A tin

s. He let out a low

The crystal shattered into a hundred pieces. Gwen

said softly. "You

lk. She touched her perfect manicured na

se her Vasquez family pride as a shield

ween them in two massive stride

whispered, his voice dripping with venom. "Yo

u never touch me! We've been engaged for a year and you look at me

ed in Abraham

dly. "If you ever try a pathetic stunt like this agai

so hard it bled. She l

ed. She saw the dark red

ne in his bed. Some random bitch had walked in and taken the one thing Gw

e stepped sideways, blocking her vie

hout looking away from he

ing to the door. Gwendolyn pr

to her palms that the skin broke. She was going to find the

iling window. He looked down at the Manhattan traf

k in. He handed

ssip alerts. There's

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ssed the tablet onto the sofa, completely m

esource we have. Tear Manhattan

of a stretch limo, Gwendolyn's

g the chef make those European pastrie

nic crossed her face. "I hate those pastries, Mo

She stared out the window, ter