Page 71 of Master of Fortune

You shouldn’t have stoodme up. What would your fiancé do if he knew about your activities? Let’s negotiate.

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Rage filled my gut,and it took all my effort not to call in the order to take them all out. He wanted to use Nyx for some bigger purpose.

Over my dead body.

No.

Overhisfucking dead body.

I’d kill him before he touched her.

I lifted my gaze to Stevie and Tony. “Has she seen this?”

“Not yet. It arrived an hour ago. With the increased security, we open all boxes addressed to her,” Stevie answered.

“I’m adding my people to yours.”

“She’s going to give you hell. Especially since we already doubled her protection.”

“I have no doubt, but she’ll live with it.”

“Good luck handling that situation.”

The smirk on Stevie’s face told me she thought I was in for it with Nyx, but she had no idea how pissed I was at the moment.

I grabbed the chip and moved toward her door. “Oh, I’m about to handle it.”

Stepping inside her apartment, I unbuttoned and shrugged off my jacket, throwing it on the back of the sectional in Nyx’s living room as I made my way to her bedroom.

The door sat half ajar, and the music from her favorite satellite radio station played. I stepped inside. The scents of lavender and eucalyptus lingered in the air, and a towel lay draped over the arm of a chair.

Looking inside the bathroom, I couldn’t help but shake my head at the enormous tub taking center stage.

The woman loved her long baths, and apparently, that meant she needed something big enough to accommodate five people. Until her, I’d never spent any time lounging inside a tub. I’d viewed it as a waste of time.

Shower and get to work. More efficient.

Now, I enjoyed the fuck out them, specifically with a wet, naked Nyx to slide balls-deep into.

Which I missed doing because of all the interruptions.

Which brought me back to my mission.

Making sure Nyx never kept something from me again, especially when it came to her safety.

I scanned the balcony through the open windows and noticed Nyx wearing a robe and leaning against a half-wall railing drinking a glass of wine. Behind her on a table, another one.

She was so fucking beautiful. The lights of the Vegas Strip below her gave her an otherworldly glow.

Grabbing hold of the belt of her robe, she untied it and tossed the silk behind her, revealing a barely there piece of lingerie that exposed more than it covered.

Immediately, my cock jumped, and for a split second, I wanted to change my mind about the plans I had for her.

Maybe, if I could get her compliance to my terms, then I’d reconsider.

I was so full of it. I knew damn well come morning I’d have fucked her raw.

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