MasukFor seven years, Clara Mercer has been trying to move on from the boy who stole her heart in college, and now he's gone. Practical and resourceful, she eventually gets a big break when she becomes personal assistant to the ruthless CEO of Thorne Enterprises, Sebastian Thorne. However, she enters his top floor office where she is amazed to discover the billionaire billionaire at the desk is her lost boyfriend. Even worse, he doesn't recognize her at all – he looks her dead in the eye. Clara, who never wants to be disgraced and never wants to be without her income, matches his cold professionalism, step by step. His cold front melts away when he is forced to live next to Ray in his private estate for an extended period. At night, someone is working behind a mask and behind a set of work sessions. The rubbing produces an inescapable heat that emerges from a number of years of repression. When Clara lets her guard down, she discovers that Sebastian didn't leave her behind on purpose. Seven years ago, corporate saboteurs threatened to kill Clara to break him. But Sebastian disappeared, so he could keep her safe, and assumed his family's empire with no one to look after him. He hired her now, and she's there to keep her close, as those same enemies resurface. His rivals have ruined Clara's career with a devastating scandal and when Sebastian lets her go public to remove the target from her back, he jolts Clara back into her old life, breaking her heart again. However, this time, he won't walk away. A public duel is played out as Sebastian reveals the secret, risks everything, and shows that he's willing to give her his whole life for a price.
Lihat lebih banyakClaraMy lips were tender still, and felt the ghostly phantom of Julian's—of Sebastian's—mouth pressed on mine.It was the first grey light of dawn over the Atlantic Ocean and I was in front of the vanity mirror in my guest room, gazing at my reflection. A navy blazer was to go the way of the dodo and be replaced by a crisp charcoal skirt suit. I smoothed down the cloth and breathed in deeply and told myself that I was ready to face the lion I was walking towards.Last night had turned all the things upside down. The wall I had erected in my anger over the past seven years was not only cracked, but was now crumbling into fine dust. He was not going to leave behind me. He's sacrificed himself, has taken on a ruthless corporate empire to keep a target off my back.He still loves me. The thought made me feel a warm, hot shiver in my body. As I pulled my hair aside and formed a neat and tidy bun, though, reality struck me! Loving each other didn't make Richard Vane any less dangerous. “No
SebastianHer hand was around my forearm and pulling me into the dimly lit alcove and the lie was gone.Seven years of careful restraint, seven years of constriction behind an armored identity – vanished in one ragged exhale. Her brown eyes no longer blazed with the fury that had been there, but were wide and shiny and wet, with unbroken tears piercing through the roughest of my soul.My mouth dropped, "Clara..." was a confession.My hand lifted on its own and my fingers quaked, tracing the soft curve of her cheek. She stayed by the horse. She was about to go for it, and for the briefest moment there was a faint, broken gasp on her lips, but she pulled back before it could be heard.She whispered, "Answer Me," her voice cracking under the weight of the revelation. That dude, I think that dude had a target on his back, you're gone because of them.If I remained, they would have slain you, Clara," I choked out, and suddenly after 10 years of silence, the truth began to choke me. They se
ClaraThe west wing library resembled a scene from a horror novel, with its dark, rustic oak paneling, floor-to-ceiling leather-bound books, and a roaring oak marble fireplace, which did not help warm up the room.I was sitting at a small side table, tablet at my fingertips, pen ready to go at a leather pad. Richard Vane was seated at the mahogany table. He was a man in his late fifties, with soft blue eyes, slicked-back silver hair and a predatory smile on his lips that never reached his eyes.Perfectly composed and at the head of the table, there sat Sebastian, as a waiter poured a vintage Cabernet. He didn't give any indication of tension if he had had it from our hour in the rain. The man was a vault.Sebastian looked at him, surprised. “I must say, Vane, I was surprised when you agreed to this acquisition structure; Thorne Enterprises usually likes to have total control, taking on our syndicate as minority stakeholders seems out of character.”Sebastian replied coolly, raising h
SebastianAs we navigated the streets of Manhattan in search of, well, Long Island, the tinted glass isolated us in a soundproof, leather covered crypt as we made our way through the city's traffic.Clara was in the back seat next to me, and she was all business. Her laptop lay in her lap, and her fingers had a steady rhythm as they hit the keys. I hadn't heard her say a word since we crossed the East River and she didn't look around except for her screen or out the side window.She had constructed a wall. A thick impenetrable fortress that will keep me out.She smelled like orange blossoms and fresh rain and every time she sat six inches from me, I wanted to destroy it with my bare hands.I pivoted slightly so that my face was to my own window and forced myself to look at the dossier on my cellphone. The Hampton retreat was no vacation, it was a war zone. The head of the syndicate that drove me into hiding was Richard Vane, who was attending as an institutional investor. He was bloo






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