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red garden. Alistair unbuttoned his tailored tuxedo jacket, s

cket vibrated. He pulled it out, frowned slightly

uropean broadcasting acquisition. I have to step into the quiet lo

cket together over my chest a

child. Nobody in this garden

ench doors, leaving me standing alone beside the massive marble fou

, hurried clicking of high heels approached

lowed closely by Chloe, who was holding an ice pack wrap

arched straight at me, deliberately colliding hard against my right side. In that split second of contact, my combat-trained senses caught the faint shift o

iamond brace

s, pointing a shaking finger straight at my hand. Half a dozen wealthy gu

n! You actually bumped into me to steal a Kensingt

oice trembling with fake distress as she pitched

ing away from the divorce with nothing, you can't steal the cou

. Reaching into her own purse, she whipped out a signed bank check and threw it directly at my chest. "Here is t

ace-up on the wide stone rim of the fount

a common pickpocket!" Chloe jeered, lifting her swollen chin as the sur

ved fingers into my clutch, pinched the diamond bracel

safety clasp on this bracelet was pried bent before you bumped into me-and why a

A jagged chip of gold polish gleamed on the silve

en disgust. I tossed the diamond bracelet onto the flagstones at Chloe's feet like a piece

, is that the highest number yo

h, I dialed Colin's number rig

ng one million dollars to the rear co

nd slipped the pho

before bursting into sh

allucinating! Who do you think

eyes glittering with malice as she wa

y by the fountain while the night w

n the stone walkway. Colin hurried into the courtyard flanked by four massive bod

hed straight up to me and set the four metal c

ou requested from our reserve vault," Colin said, b

ff in her throat. Her eyes bulged as she stared at the

lids sprang open simultaneously, revealing rows of crisp, newly minted hundred-doll

I reached down, grabbed two thick ten-thousand-dollar br

ousand is enough to

o heavy bricks of cash directly a

s exploded into the night air like a blizzard, raining down over Chloe's head

filthy mouth of yours and keep it shut in this city p

iation in her eyes snapped into sheer, unhinged madness. Letting out an animalistic shriek, she s