The Don's Dangerous Addiction

ent, Avery received

rd. Only one line: "047 is waiti

t over. Nothi

at some kind

But the feeling of being set up

along with the final notice that had ar

ation-due next month. The amount was staggerin

verge of a stormy night

ee tonight, her brother's ventilator wo

en the heavy wooden doors of Kessler

yourself, o

as low, hoarse, scraping against h

d frozen,

f his male physique looming over her. The air around her seemed to compress under hi

at Avery's clinical mind fina

an abnormal tremor, as if something inside his chest was violently pushing outwar

It was a face like a fallen god-strikingly beautiful, yet

oze for

ion. His eyes were bloodshot, likely from recent, severe sleep disturbances. But his pupils were so dilated that his irises were n

linical practice before. Every ca

of shock and forced herself to put

attire. Your heart rate is already over one-ei

ed closer, "was in this very room, trying to send

'd let you get t

aze of a doctor's patient. This was a wolf

then crawled downward inch by inch. The weight of his inspection was so p

oice dropped to a low murmur. One hand hooked into her

ak, her trench coat was roughly yanked from her shoulder

but her thin underwear, ex

aising a storm of goosebumps, she

wn hard on her lower lip, forcing herself to stay silent. She turned her head away, fixing her gaze on a d

housand

specialty medication her brother needed at the private sanatorium. If it mean

s. A bindin

e, she could not leave this house. Sh

had become incre

s body-overloaded and unsteady-suddenly pitched forward without warn

oug

er cool palm cupped his

Dominic. Step b

o resist. Then she quickly retrieved a syringe from her me

nmistakable. His hand slipped from the armrest, his fingertips brushing against th

sed, but a broken whi

s it

up like iron shackles, locking around he

g for you..." His voice was a b

's heart, hammering through his tense muscles and s

The crushing pressure of his arm against her sent real fe

for *who

n, his words echoing over and over: *"I

nstead, it was filled with a desperate, obsessive lo

ered by the new medication? But the intensity of his fixation sent chills down her spine. This kind of subconscious

ive sprea

t collapsed against her. Dominic

s she tried to push his heavy body away, he

here was an old, oddly

ently. A familiar, terrifying

a rusted key, unlocking a memory s

pain from that night on the gambling ship. The same crushing grip-a hand so

ip, the man who had taken her, and her own m

came roaring back to

mposs

e raised, faded line of the scar.

t when Dominic tightened his grip in his sleep-that bone-crushi

too s

t unyielding savagery that

had just willingly walked

ed into something almost vulnerable-almost childlike. The devil of the

st tore at

reak free from his grip. Her gaze

ith wax. The seal bore the e

breath

k diamond ring had slipped from the man's fing

d at that

were too many coinc

ept for Dominic's steady breathing. His grip on her remained unyield

iffly in his arms. She closed her

g woul

as co

do

e l

e woke, she was lying on the stiff leather sofa

ed through the windo

metallic lines, and the lingering scent of tobacc

y, her eyes darting

n from her the night before was now draped ba

ton from the night before-the one that had

und the cold metal but

ed her clothes off in a frenzy calm

into a charcoal-black suit, no tie, the top button

t his computer screen, tapping his fingers against the desk occasiona

ollars." His voice

and pulled out a ch

r payment fo

arble tabletop with his fingertip.

n't fully clear last night. I trust you understand, Dr. Clair, t

a line. And he

d quickly tucked the

d the door. "Since the first session is complete, I'll

you coul

d back to m

mask back into place. "My brother requires care at the sana

eans the doctor must

cup, crossed his long legs,

intercom butt

ay here until the ten

er face. His gaze traced her trembling lashes and

this is illega

Dr. C

ked toward her, step

see something last night that you shouldn't have, the only reason

lose enough that she could se

tion is complete, you'

s ghosted across her

he smell of peach on y

uards appeared at the

moment she locked the door behind her, Dominic's burning grip, h

ocket, not even sure w

-her pho

nown n

the message. It was an image. Black

n a smaller line of text slowly appear

ounding so hard she could feel it in her

een wen

age... w