For her to be not just tough, not just desperate, not just feisty, but also gorgeous enough to make me pause in my tracks in aroom full of dangerous men? To stop and stare while my enemies lurk in the shadows?
What the f**k did I do to deserve that?
I snap myself out of my reverie. I don’t know how I got so lucky, but I do know that I have uses for Mia Winters tonight, andabandoning her to the jackals will only waste her potential.
I take one step in her direction, desperate to put my hand where Ieronim’s was, but—
Suddenly, it’s like flies flocking to s**t. The greetings multiply, my name crooned over and over again.
I’m swarmed by business associates I cannot easily brush off, department heads of manufacturing companies and CFOs ofoffice buildings sporting our cybe
