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As if she could sense his eyes on her, she looked up

Across the distance, their gazes held Stefan raised his glass and she did the same with a nod

The elegant set of her shoulders, the long fiery locks, the high cheekbones—everything about her drew his attention

With a ruthless will, he pulled his gaze away from her and went back into his suite

He couldn’t touch her again, couldn’t risk any complications Women and sex were uncoether, the only way he had moved forward after Serena’s betrayal

Clio, whatever state she was in, deserved a hell of lot ive her except th to face a man he abhorred

The only reason he had agreed to this was because he needed justice to be served for Marco He needed her help to see through Jackson’s destruction

Switching his phone on, he uy and to his head of security, instructing him to leak her name as the woman in the clip

The sooner they accoether for, the sooner Clio would be out of his life, untouched and unscathed

CHAPTER SIX

THEY WERE JUST an hour away froathered enough nerve to switch on her tablet and opened a search engine

More than once, her fingers slipped on the smooth surface Tension turned her shoulders into stiff rods as she finally typed Stefan’s name

Because he would be at the center of all this, he was the one whose coattails she would be riding through the stor

Her heart haain and she saw Stefan’s body enveloping her protectively even as they were lost in each other

It spoke to the man she had known once

Closing the video file, she scrolled down and froze at the title

Bianco’s Redhead Is None Other than Clio Norwood, New York Financier Jackson Smith’s Fiancée of Three Years

There was no end to the questions posed, to the number of links to other articles No end to how the h it was a win on Stefan’s part that he had landed her As though she was a prize and not a wos and emotions