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Chapter 88
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2026-04-22 03:00:08Externally, my breath caught, and my chin trembled; my hands were shaking.
That thing inside me that I avoided, most of the time, stirred; that inexplicable rage that reared its head when I felt someone challenge me. Dared me.
I wanted to break him. I wanted to make Leon Ralis bow at my feet.
The heat was rising. I wanted to conquer this madman. Make him unable to live without me.
I pushed off the wall, my arms wrapping around his firm waist. He gasped lightly as I
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I stalked forward, stopping three yards from his table.“Step off me, Leon. Walk away.” I nodded at the memory stick. “Check that out, and make your decision. ““Mmmmm,” he rumbled, turning back to his desk. He picked up the device and rolled it between his slender fingers.I swallowed, but kept my chin lowered, my eyes on him.Four minutes.“So, it was you,” he said quietly, almost to himself.His eyes came up to mine. “You went after my father to get to me.” It wasn’t a question.I held his gaze. “What are you talking about?”He turned a screen, one of three on his large table, to me.My eyes darted to it, then away. Sir Sinclair was on a large bed, asleep. It looked like a hotel room, but the machines around the large, aged man spoke to a private hospital room.Someone was in a seat beside the old man. I refused to focus on him.“What’s that got to do with me?”“I got your little present, Jade.”
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I swallowed.“Adrian Sinclair,” my father rumbled, a smile on his lips. “Is my sugar level more important than what you’ve just told me?”My lips parted. My throat was dry again, but the drink was really too sweet.I turned, glancing behind us. There was no one there.I stood. “One second,” I said to my father and rushed into the house.I headed directly to the kitchen. I got a bottle of water from the fridge and a fresh glass. I picked up a tray, and the maid added a pitcher of freshly squeezed orange juice, glancing apologetically at me.I nodded to her and took everything out to the warm conservatory.Liam was nowhere in sight.My father was standing, leaning on his walking stick, when I got back.“Dad.”He turned; he raised his chin, his lips curved up as his eyes went to the tray.I placed it down, and he pointed at the water.I poured him a glass and handed it to him.He drank it all dow
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