e man's hand hovered near her face, she shr

cent belonged to a world far removed from the cheap tobacco of t

voice shook. Blind and cornered, she clutched

sound of rain drumming against the heavy fabric of his cloth

, warm, and smelling faintly of cedar-draped over

iting chill. Chloe froze, her nose filled with th

under the cashmere jacket and lifted

nstinctively threw her arms around his neck, her cold

ron under her touch, his breath

d in a low, gravelly v

inside his large jacket while her heart pounded against

nto the spacious rear cabin of the Maybach,

blanket, then hit the button to raise the soundproo

hrough the speakers. Escaping from a dark mountain atti

ck of mud off his fingertips with a sterile cloth. "I am M

old lady from the crosswalk. "How is

eyes. "But your injuries are serious. You need to be examined and treated by an eye specialist as soon

together. "I know. But I couldn't stay at the hospital. My foster parents

e from under my nose," Declan rep

ay. Double-paned glass blocked out the storm, leaving

our grandmother because it was the right thing to do, not for a reward. I can't

mselves at him for a fraction of his wealth. Seeing a blind, penniless girl

r job tonight is to stay alive." Declan pulle

speaker over pulsing nightclub music. "You're calling me at this

rivate medical center. Have a full ophthalmology team ready to assess her injuries

topped instantly. "Hold on... are you hurt? Or did Grandma Eleanor take

t Pharmaceuticals' credit rating on Wall Street drops a grade

pany's Wall Street rating as easily as breathing

verwhelmed her. Her head tipped to the side, and s

ed blanket up over her thin shoulders, his fingertips pausing for h

dical Center in the Upper East Side, Declan scooped the unconscious Chloe