Grant strode through the sleek airport terminal, a leather overnight bag slung casually over his shoulder.He moved with an innate grace, slender yet muscular, clad in dark fitted jeans and a steel gray shirt that enhanced his rugged features.His short sable hair shone under the recessed lights as his glacier blue eyes scanned the area relentlessly.Those icy eyes noted details most would miss - the positioning of undercover guards, the placement of cameras, the exact distances between check-in desks and first class lounges.Grant's mind automatically mapped sightlines, calculated where obscured spots might offer momentary blind zones from prying eyes. It was second nature after years living amongst shadows and secrets.He didn't bother glancing back to confirm he was being followed. He felt their eyes tracking him, five men forming a loose perimeter around their target - himself.They blended decently enough with other travelers, but Grant detected the tactical spacing, the matching

Reynold had been occupied with some thoughts. At first when they started to suffice, he felt he was being greedy.Kayla had done so much for him already, being able to stay beside her, to protect her in return should be more than enough for anybody but what was this about this thoughts.Why was he yearning something more from her. Even though he was scared of putting any kind of expectation on her. Reynold wanted it so badly, he yearned for it so much.And slowly, he was beginning to entertain the thoughts of it.“I want to have a family with you…”The words to him was not by mistake. Maybe it was spontaneous, he never thought he'd be saying this when he left home together with her earlier today.When the chance came he had probably not even given it extra thought. All he wanted to do was console her, tell her that since she couldn't have the family she wanted, they could create what she wanted. Together.But the silence she expressed made Reynold regret his decision. Should he not ha

Sean flung another glass sculpture against the penthouse wall with a guttural cry. It exploded into glittering shards, littering the marble floor alongside the shattered remains of vases, frames and other debris forming a wreckage trail in his wake. Chest heaving, he spun to face Tate.His brother reclined calmly on a leather sofa, scrolling news feeds on a tablet.“Feeling better?” Tate deadpanned without looking up.“No I am fucking NOT!” Sean grabbed a modern art canvas off the wall and launched it Frisbee-style. It crashed upside down behind the sofa.“In case you forgot, we just lost EVERYTHING! Our family, our empire - GONE!”Tate finally raised his eyes. "You think I'm fine with that?" His voice held an odd detachment.For once, the bruising on his face from whatever run-in he refused to explain wasn’t the most damaged thing about him.Sean fisted hands in his hair, breathing hard. “I just can’t believe none of our connections warned us. That merger data was untraceable! How t

Lloyd was his apartment, weariness and frustration boiling over. Mimi seemed to be currently out of the place.He was out of moves - refusing Sean and Tate's demands could get him im big trouble… but revealing Reynold Sheens’ explosive secret could destroy everything for the poor guy, and what about Kayla too? He cared so much about Kayla. Trapped between two tough decisions to make Lloyd was lost for a few seconds.Unless... A dangerous idea flickered. Since Sean had been done away with, the pillars of power amongst his siblings were Kayla and Hamish.Hamish was a no go area, they barely even talked. Kayla on the other hand…?She’d even been aiming to topple her brothers a few days ago. If Lloyd offered up his intel as a bargaining chip instead…She was definitely going to accept it. A part of his mind agreed to that idea, but he also had to remember that Kayla had dealt a very good lesson to Sean. She could be hesitant still. ‘...no, she wouldn't’He sank onto the leather sofa, tem

Kayla's hands trembled, clutching the flash drive after leaving the cafe.Explosive secrets about her genteel husband's past?What had Lloyd uncovered?Fear and fury warred within at the thought of Reynold deceiving her. After years under public scrutiny, she deserved pure truth in her own home. Safely sequestered in her sleek Mercedes, she jammed the drive into her tablet. Breath suspended, Kayla selected the lone encrypted file and unleashed revelations Lloyd deemed too dangerous to share openly. What she saw stole that breath completely. Police reports, hospital records, even crime scene photos spilled across the screen. All tied to a violent assault during Reynold's university days a decade prior.Kayla scrolled in disbelief through debriefings with a battered, stone-faced Reynold after he had apparently ambushed and savagely attacked three fellow students. The malice in those photos contrasted radically with the caring husband she knew. Reynold - her gentle giant - pummelin