Chapter 357

She pulled her hand away, uncaring if people were looking. ‘There’s nothing starting here, Calix. I’m leaving.’

His voice was low and lethal. ‘No. You’re not. If you stand up, so help me, I will pick you up and carry you out of here over my shoulder. Don’t think that I won’t. So we can do this here and now, or we can cause a furor of interest, give the paparazzi something to photograph outside, and do it back in my apartment.

She had been standing when she sat down again slowly. She knew without a doubt that she didn’t want to be alone with him and that he wouldn’t hesitate to do exactly what he’d said.

When she had sat back down, he continued agreeably, as though discussing the weather. "As I was saying, your uncle is in need of a substantial loan." a loan to keep Baros Shipping afloat...literally. This puts me in an interesting position, wouldn’t you say? He didn’t wait for her answer. "I was quite prepared to do business with Rastus, as it suits my needs, too, but now things are in