have st

nd reminded him that this marri

ps claimed mine, every rati

o his suit, betraying me, holding him instead of pushing him away.

as a m

tal

athless. "This doe

thal. "Keep telling yo

him. "You do

is touch deceptively gentle.

n h

ing the heat still coursing through

ors, watching me like a predator indul

orst

ure if he

*

hone buzzed with an announc

ldwell's wedding is officiall

dropped m

amming the newspaper onto his desk.

is laptop. "Why would I as

my palms. "Six w

iercing through me. "Are y

teeth. "You k

r-sharp. "Then stop comp

face. Instead, I turned on my heel-onl

mach d

, clearly amused. "To what do we

ked on me. "Elena and

't move. "No

tween them, thick

ing my voice steady.

"To fix this bef

deliberate, his presence filling the room w

s leave. Right now. You don't

eath

nst the desk. "Let me make thi

ed. "She's not a po

turned. "Aren't we

I turned to Liam, my voice

with something close to

Because Dominic held all the power. Because I wa

stay strong. "Bec

ardened. "Then you'

her word, he

en turned back to me, his smi

a glare. "G

"You first,

*

alone in Dominic's penthouse,

everything cra

l. Liam's warning.

way Dominic

ld hat

hate

membering the way hi

oor snapped me o

ed-and

doorway, holding tw

sleep?"

arms. "What

fering me a glass. "A

n, reluctantly,

ion between us shifting into

e rim of his glass. "Tell me, Sinclair. If you c

ed to

coul

lization te

t you, Dominic? If you could

low. "Because you

ran down

against mine as he

knew I was dangerously close to fall

*

ke up with a sense of

ing wa

hone-only to see a

art s

the first n

world s

Corruption Leak-Evidence of Mone

y hands shaking. This w

ised he woul

rets were suppo

s I clicked on

's when

ed doc

ord signed by n

ic Ca

wisted in

n't protect

set h

behind

and betrayal bu

sion unreadable. "I see you've

short, ragged gasp

"No, Sinclair. I just di

my fists. "

ward. "I warned you thi

them fall. "Was this your plan all along? De

considering. "Not all a

tbreak collid

verything to kee

had ripped

shaking with fury. "I w

something dark. "You

. "You may have won this battle,

per against my skin. "Good. I w

appe

echoed in

ly sm

ed something

rapped in this

with the de

idea if I w