temptation of desire
If Victor felt cornered, he would make Marcus the sole scapegoat for the Cayman fraud.
"You're a monster," Marcus rasped.
"I’m what you made me," Dax replied softly.
Dax stepped over to the door, unlocked the deadbolt, and pulled it open.
"Get out of my suite, Mr. Kane," Dax commanded in his rich, public voice. "Before I have security remove you for corporate harassment."
Marcus pulled himself up from the floor, clutching his ruined shoulder, looking at Dax with a mix of profound terror and utter defeat. He staggered out into the corridor like a broken man, his mind spiraling into complete, unmitigated madness.