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was peeking through the curtains. Ten hours of deep s

ion cards. "Awake? Tonight we are celebrating your freedom fro

ow overlooking Boston Harbor. The white tablecloth was covered

Free, single, and a

against hers and took a large gulp. The bubbles danced on

Tell me everything about the mysterious, bleeding stranger from las

n't know his name. It was too dark to see

out the heavy cufflink wrapped i

histle. "Holy shit, Grace. This thing lo

h Boston's elite daily. She turned the cufflink

umber 19..." she muttered, pulling out h

through her gallery of high-soci

was a text from a nurse at the hospital

was bragging at the club last night that you'll be c

ving me deadlines, acting as if my life was a game he

ed, making me jump. She sh

s facing away from the camera, talking to Axel Sterling, the CEO of a massive pharmaceutical corporation. The man'

xact same "1

ed a bizarre b

arely gives interviews. In the sports and business world, people call him the Grim Reaper. All I kno

onaire. My brother's old college buddy tried to play dirty with him on a real estate deal once

sit on a toilet lid, the man I had kissed and shoved against the

. I felt like I had accidentally stumbled into a l

. You saved his life. He owes you a favor. But... you should definitely la

er this bizarre, terrifying connection before it ruined my life. I

nik

rate headquarters, I sat in my custom leather chair, absen

tor in my enterprise, stood before

ow and calm, "that you were the one who le

stigate a massive offshore embezzlement scheme within the trust. Marcus, bribe

temperature in the room dropping. This wasn't a request. "You have

ered, his voice trembling

toward the door, leaving Marcus to colla

sted assistant, Liam, wa

paid him and those mercenaries," I ordered Liam in a

ve confirmed it. Krystle Paul has moved her luggage into your

rled into an imperceptibl

had remembered for fifteen years. Since he was too blind to cherish her, I would si