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"She’s raised millions of dollars for the homeless And those lunches she takes are usually about her charity"

He hated to burst Law’s bubble because the guy so rarely had a positive outlook on anything, but he had to do it "Her charity is on the brink of ruin"

"Because of her father" Law could also be a little like a pit bull with a nice hunk of o

But Do father who’s run the whole fa hi him funds earmarked for war so" Law’s jaw squared, and Do to like what his best friend was about to say "I think she’s the one for us"

"Fuck" Riley put a hand to his head, shaking it as though he couldn’t believe what his brother had just said

Do crazy?"

Law held out his hands in defense "Just listen to me She’s not what you think she is I don’t knohy she’shim"

"For his money," Dominic shot back

Law ran a frustrated hand on top of the dark stubble of his buzz cut "Yeah, but theto save her fa about that"

"I never spread s to save my sister" What he didn’t say was that he would have He would have done anything to save Carrie "This isn’t the saa her because you want to fuck her Do I need to take you off this case? You’re either with ainst me, brother"

He wasn’t sure what he would do without Law Riley was the coenius, but Laas really smart , his sheer tenacity His friendship

But he owed it to Carrie to succeed He couldn’t allo’s obvious attraction to Kinley Kohl to stand in the way of justice

He could still hear his sister’s whispers on his voice mail

Dom, I need to talk to you as soon as possible Please callI think he’s…I have to go He’s here Callsoa polite blank "Of course not I kno much this means to you I’ll do whatever it takes"

He turned away froain, cold and unfeeling Exactly what Dominic needed So why did he feel like he’d just taken so precious from his friend?

Riley leaned in "He’s fine, man We’re both here for you She’s just his type, that’s all"

Pretty, blonde, and stacked was just about every man’s type, but he’d never seen Law react so fiercely to a woman What had he learned about her that Do her isolated and otfor room service That’s our cue She’ll make sure Kinley is alone in that suite for the next fifteen minutes" Riley turned back to hiuy Come on, Law, you can stare at her boobs up close"

Law sent his brother his happy et this done"

Do to hurt her We’re saving her" She ht not thank him for it, but… "You know that"

Law nodded, but Doo See you at the extraction point"

Sometimes Law sounded like he was still in the military He and Riley walked out

Doeous woht that it would have been nice if she had been the one woman who could love all three of them The woman who could become the center of their world

She turned, her face so sad, so beautiful that he nearly reached out and touched the screen

He growled a little as he turned away and started wiping the room clean He didn’t have tie to nab

Chapter Two

"I deserve to find happiness" Kinley forced herself to take a deep breath as she paced the floor in her white, four-inch Manolo Blahniks "Greg will be my happiness and my joy"

The room responded with an echo of utter silence Yeah, no one believed that, not even the walls

Was this how she would spend the rest of her life? Would she wake everyand try to convince herself that she was happy and fulfilled? Since she was a kid, she and Annabelle had a ritual before big events like Christether and hold hands and wish out loud for their dreams to come true

Tears threatened as she remembered the last time they had done it It had been at her o She’d beaten Becks to the hospital, despite the fact that her sister lived only a few miles away at the tiirls It hadn’t saved herto work today But when Annabelle had taken her hand, she’d wanted so desperately to believe that ic could work