ward as Julian drag

his polished leather shoes. She grabbed his thick

her wrist ground together with a sickening

suddenly flashed aga

is motorcycle to the curb. The flashing

hope. She yanked her arm ha

rd traffic accident! He ha

nnoyed by the weather. But as he got closer, his eyes dropped to the license

r froze in

ket so fast he almost dropped it. A nervous

or the disturbance. The road

e heavy weight of absolute powerlessness crashed

. He tilted his head slightly, looking down at

neered. "Gus. Tell the officer how we h

mbossed card from his jack

Group Legal Department. We will be filin

t made Evelyn's

lic, her father's fragile company would be

it until she tasted the sharp metallic tan

g. "Mr. Hawthorne. Please. We can settle

uran

nto her space, backing her up until her spine hit the w

it wouldn't even cover th

erous, and left absolut

across the street, actively pushing away the pedestrians who were tryin

hand flat against the small of Evelyn's back. He shoved

fore she could even push herself up, Julian

door sla

ished instantly. The cabin was dead sil

neck. He threw it onto the floorboard. His dark ey

pped her arms around her wet chest, shivering violently. The ai

pressed a silver button

d up, completely cutting off the front sea

ght coming through the tinted windows. Evelyn pressed her cheek

ed out. His long fingers caught a wet strand of her blonde h

Her throat was complete

as it is wit

his fingers clamped hard around her jaw. He forced her

d. His jaw ticked violently. Th

me a debt you could no

rembling bottom lip. The rough frictio

ead the dark promise in his eyes. He did n

eather compartment next to him and pulled out a

s eyes slowly dragged down to where her wet silk shirt clung to her b