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He stepped out of the private jet
Of course he earing a flawlessly tailored suit in black, paired with a black shirt and no tie Wraparound ured out if he wore the sunglasses because his eyes were sensitive to light, so people wouldn’t freak out, or simply because he was an asshole who liked to look impenetrable
She’d bet on the last
After striding down the steps of the plane with a battered brown—in an elegant way, of course—leather hold-all slung over his shoulder, he turned to look back at the plane, raising a hand toward the cockpit The early-afternoon sunlight caught on the clean line of his jaw, the burnished brown of his skin glowing in the light His slightly overlong chocolate-dark hair was brushed neatly, not a strand out of place
The damn man looked like he’d stepped out of an ad for fine whiskey or luxury watches
She was scowling when heat her despite the lasses Arms folded and feet set apart, she stared back
He slasses
Eyes slitted like a viper’s reen I see you missed me, kitty, he mouthed
Holly gave hier
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Sliding the sunglasses back on, Veno area moments later The raer of hihts, she’d forgotten just how incredibly strong he was—she knew this was no power play; he wasn’t trying to overwhelm her on purpose
This was simply who he was: a vauard outside
“Da you’d fallen into a crevasse” He’d o out on a cliuess”
“I see those little kitten fangs of yours are still just as cute”
She wanted to hiss at hie only because it would aone, she’d achieved iron control over the most obviously inhuman aspects of her nature
As for the ugly voice that kept whispering inside her when she was distracted, she’d strangle that, too “Where’s the rest of your luggage?”
“This is it”
Rolling her eyes, Holly put her hands on her hips “Yeah, right What did you wear for the past two years?” Venom had a suit for every day of the month
“You don’t know everything you think you know, kitty”
The world becareen
His smile was slow and satisfied “There you are” He took off his sunglasses again to reveal those eyes even more eerie than her own “Boo”
Getting her terit, Holly looked up toward the speaker mounted on the wall “Bye, Trace Hope you and Andreja have a good day Oh, I may be arrested for homicide soon Please come visit me in prison”
“Adieu, allantness “And, old friend, while you e, it is a pleasure to have you home”
“It’s good to be back” Sliding his sunglasses back on, Venom looked at Holly “You my chauffeur?”
“I’m the woman you don’t want to piss off unless you plan to walk all the way to the Tower,” Holly said before striding out to the car
Venouard, then dropped his hold-all in the trunk Coer seat, he pushed it all the way back to accos He hipcord lean, but he had wide shoulders, long legs, a lot of muscle He could also move as fast as a cobra strike