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Killian ended the call with a flick of his thumb and slid his phone back into the inner pocket of his impeccably tailored suit jacket.

He turned his attention to the two figures approaching him, his sharp gaze missing nothing as he took in every detail with the scrutinizing eyes of a predator evaluating its prey.

A smile tugged at the corners of his lips – a smile that held a hint of mischief.

As Jenkins opened the rear door of the luxury sedan, revealing Serena, Killian's smile broadened into a genuine beam of excitement and anticipation, lighting up his chiseled features with an almost feral gleam.

His eyes drank her in hungrily, devouring every inch of her delicate beauty as if committing her to memory.

Serena felt her mind whirling in a dizzying vortex the instant her eyes landed on Killian for the first time.

A flurry of questions and uncertainties raced through her thoughts like a hurricane, threatening to sweep her away in their turbulence. Was this the mysterious hus