ddly quiet, like even the

ly breathing, waiting fo

a rejection, she was m

that one look, the temperature in the room dropped several degrees. "Dayna

ted her head ever so slightly, h

ow touched by a delicate vulnerability

ou... I could hel

ht him of

only for a heartbeat. His han

e cruel game meant to dangle hope in

game was she

r Kristopher's skin, p

na slipped out of bed and lowered

ts in three months," she said gently, reac

ere about to touch him, Kristop

bed her wrist, squeezing tigh

t him, her eyes w

u think you're doing?" He spat the words out through gritte

e lies? He wasn't

ed, harsh enough

ating, and Dayna found

d more delicate now, and her eyes were faintly r

ed. With a growl, he

rself quickly, and this time,

fidence, pressing expertly along key nerve points on hi

ng unbelievab

t through his leg-shar

brows shot up

it-his leg. Re

was her

calm certainty. "So? How d

ke he was seeing her for the very first time. Like he cou

e, low and even. "What

ng with long-buried rage. "Help me crush Foster Gro

him to dismantle Foster G

Is this another one of your twisted games? Don't forget-you betrayed me once. That project you backed out

g faintly. She didn't argue because there w

dar. But when Kristopher vanished after the project failed, the compa

seizing the chaos as an opportunity and r

With quiet resolve and a clear gaze, she said, "Give me th

. His expression was st

wasn't backing down either. "If you don't believe me, we

her thought when Kristoph

fted-measured, calculating,

nt, but what I need from you n

lap. Her eyes widened, her

hei

to leave Declan, marry

on in her eyes and gav

shackled to Declan-emotio

condition? Then there's n

un his wheelchair around

she call

d to go after him, but her knees buc

ght bl

llapsing-fast and unstead

nstinct and caught her by the

stance between them di

in snowy winter, surrounded her, str

though she couldn't place w

cold rage in his eyes sen

putting on a show?

straightened up in his arms, and stepped back. "No, I'm not done. I was