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Prologue

Grace

I woke up,and my limbs heavy I blinked in the darkness of the roo like the Sahara Desert The room was unfamiliar, and it took as

Why did my head ache so badly?

I searched throughthea carefree afternoon in Vegas Having fun at the slots, saot a call before we left for the airport to inform me that my plane was canceled due to a et out was the next day It was a long-ass flight with lots of stopovers all over the States before it landed in Canada, but it would at least still getI hadn’t wanted to come on this trip so close to her nuptials, but I had Jaxson had asked, and I had said yes It proved how much of an idiot I was

The fact that he came to mind as soon as I woke up only solidified that assertion

What the hell happened to me after that phone call?

I racked rasp some minute detail of yesterday, but the one clear o

I had interviewed at Ses and was offered a position to article with the fir, as I had learned in law school, was a uniquely Canadian term—basically, I would be a paid intern and benefit from hands-on experience with a mentor After the intervieas done, I was sent to Jaxson Richards’s office His outer office was e until he called out for me to enter He sat behind his massive desk, and the moment our eyes met, my world tilted

Tall and broad, stern and fierce, he stared atfrom his chair His eyes were like iced fire, the blue vivid and clear His hair was so dark, it was al His suit fit hilie hands, and wide chest He held out his hand, a s the cleft in his chin prominent I had never seen a roup of

“Grace VanRyan, I presume?”

I slipped h me at his touch startled me For a moment, I was speechless, my throat dry, the words I needed to say unclear I shookwhy I was suddenly so nervous

“Mr Richards Yes, I’ely breathless “It’s a pleasure to ether”

He tilted his head “As do I”

He escorted me to the chair across from him and waited until I sat down It was only then I realized he was still holdinghis elbows on his desk Then he asked est question

“Telllaw student”

I had expected hiet out of hts on the future Not to ask about me