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Chapter 8: The Counter-Strike
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The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart Chapter 11: The Ghosts of Boston
ClaraThe one word that appeared on the glowing screen, seemed like ice cold water put straight down my spine.Boston.Cemeteries of memories came to the surface: the scent of rain on cheap asphalt, the buzz of fluorescent lights in the library, the small room where I cried myself hoarse until my ribs ached, seven years of it all. This time, Richard Vane did not intend to arrest me for corporate espionage. He was pursuing our genealogy.He had a scalpel in his hand and was holding it over the very nerve that Sebastian had been agonizing over during the last seven years, trying to sever.With my voice barely audible over the quiet hum of the laptop fan, I whispered, "He found it. "The lease records. The campus registry. My name next to Julian Vance."Sebastian didn't speak right away. The air around him was arctic, dark, thick and suffocating with some dark fury. The one who had been kissing me on the lips until the pain was unbearable had vanished, and now there was a predator knotted
The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart Chapter 10: Playing the Viper
SebastianBrenda's voice outside the locked door was as cold as a bucket full of cold water on a blazing furnace.All my muscles went into spasm. My hands gripping the front of her shirt collar, her hands went meaty against my chest. Her lips were swollen, parted and rose a deep red from the heat of my mouth. Her dark brown curls hung free around her shoulders, her ocean blue eyes laced with the thick, dark veil of a forgotten desire.She was beautiful, gorgeous, she was God! And she was sitting on my desk, between my thighs in a room that was supposed to be an impenetrable fortress.I slid my face into her neck for two excruciatingly painful seconds, taking a ragged, calming breath. Her perfume stuck to my lungs: orange blossom; rain; and the unmistakable sweet musk of her skin. I had to summon all my self-control after seven grueling years to hold back.I whispered to her, "Don't move," my voice harsh as an animal.I smoothed her skirt down and lifted her off the mahogany edge and p
The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart Chapter 9: Behind Locked Doors
ClaraThe private study door of the estate was a thick oak door that opened quite with the click of a single push and with a reassuring metallic clunk the deadbolt was drawn into place.The distant hum of the bustling corridors of Hampton's estate was silenced except for the steady rain pounding on the bay window and the pounding of my heart.I didn't stop until I hit the edge of the huge walnut desk in the middle of the room. My knuckles turned white, my shoulders were tight. My adrenaline had started to fade, leaving me a cold, shaking exhaustion in its wake, in front of Richard Vane and the board members.A warm heavy weight came down on my shoulders.I let out a gasp, turning around, but Sebastian was there. He had removed his suit jacket and had wrapped it around me. The black wool smelt of rain, cedar and the pure warmth of his skin.He patted my shoulders and whispered, "Breathe, Clara.He patted my shoulders and said quietly, Breath, Clara. “It's okay, you're not alone, we're a
The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart Chapter 8: The Counter-Strike
SebastianThis was a quiet room, with the rain heavy on the windows which took up the whole room.The manila folder was the blade of a executioner in Richard Vane's hands, and he was in the middle of the dining hall. Clara went still as a statue next to me. Her shoulders weren't dropped, her chin didn't drop and while her knuckles turned white as a sheet while holding her tablet, she didn't step one inch back.My blood was as hot as molten iron and my face as hard as block of ice."Leaking acquisition files, Richard? I said, through the quiet room, I pulled my cuff around my left sleeve, my eyes rolling and rolling to the expression of the devil. That's quite an assertion, right? Or will you have to use desperation tactics in your theatre before the morning vote, of course you brought some real evidence!Vane's smile turned more wicked and conceited. He placed it on the long mahogany table. It moved along the shiny wood, and came to a halt in front of two senior board members.“Look,
The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart Chapter 7: The Morning After
ClaraMy 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
The Billionaire Who Stole My Heart Chapter 6: The Shattered Glass
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
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