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the edge of the glass cabinet, its jagged

y skin. I glared up

my wrist, his grip clamping down on the bleeding cut, the lust in his eyes replace

o the wound, I wrenched my arm

drops. The pain sharpened my senses, and my voice came out trembl

d, his imposing frame radiating the suffocating dominance of an

nsibi

line, demanding children to secure the club's future. It was a c

e eve

on' was all it took for him to leave me absorbing his mo

ut the door. Now that I was

m burning through my chest: "That's no long

ste

lk-in closet, sliding betwe

stressed as she reached for my arm. "Please don't hurt yourself out of sp

, I swallowed the moisture in my eye

u, Jolene," Genevra whimpered,

tone callous and dismissive: "She brought it

heel and walked

I swallowed the bitter lump in my throat. When a man stops

e learned th

ing into a vicious, triumphant hiss: "Failed to seduce him,

reaming

ere, you will nev

pposed to be his Old Lady from the start; if you hadn't crept into his bed after that crash, we woul

y-nin

disdain flickere

signature was already locked inside Victoria's legal courier pouch. While Genevra was gleefully counting down four long weeks, Victoria's expedited judicial contacts were b

waste a single breath correcting her, stepping past her a

trash, pulled a field dressing from my bag

Langl

s into the study, slammi

avy leather coat, tossing it over the swivel chair, and yan

en under my fingernail. The cross-hatch beveling, the distinctive tool

bbon loose, casting t

sert was a tightly rolled white

to snap the cord and

A

open, crashing agai

nty sheriffs and state troopers just raided the north interchange! They impounded the

study: "Alec! My father's crates! If the feds inspect those seri

mmi

o the velvet box. I snapped the lid shut, jammed it into the b

off the counter as I strode past them. "As

our exhausts tore through the quiet val

compound, grey light was bleeding

open. The federal raid had been a disaster; we had barely managed to

k loungewear, flashing me an eager smile. "A

er my stubbled face. My gaze shifted to the older housekeeper clearin

housekeeper answered cautiously, her voice tight. "Looked like sh

d, and reliable. Whenever I walked in from a night run

o years I had returned to fin

rang in my ears like a sla

allowed to make. She was my Old Lady, and she w

s wrapped in heavy bandages," the housekeeper muttered, castin

plate of eggs in front of me, I masked my ir

Battl

nto the shop office and placed my formal resi

eline. I only needed to clear the remaining engine builds and see tomorrow's charity auction run through to completion. Forty-eight hours.

morrow's charity auction run com

ey..." the

le from now on," I

d guest riders are locked in, but the high-end custom au

'll reach out to the rem

my phone chimed with an i

ped i

a fork out toward the camera. The morning light illuminated his chiseled jaw,

ed at me with tha

d without a second thought, I

I pulled off the simple silver band, tracin

ng those letters myself. Today, they w

the clipboard. "Add t

your wedding band! If the Boss finds out i

almly. "He doesn't even k

eyes stopping on the embossed blac

I dialed the di