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whole charade. He was no diplomat; he never had been. The Pacific Royal deal was Jack's baby.Gray
had little to do with it beyond business planning and policy decisions made at the executive level. He
wanted nothing more than to wrap his fingers around Sam's arm and demand she leave with him.Now.
Aside from being a surveillance nightmare, this whole building was unsafe, and he didn't want Sam here.
What would have happened if she had been in that elevator alone?
She had been frightened, even though she'd tried to hide it.Gray had felt the tension in her silence,
confirmed it in the uneven tenor of her breathing.
He'd wanted to reach out to her then, but he had refrained from doing anything more than murmuring
reassurance, because he hadn't wanted to risk disturbing the hold she had on herself. It didn't take a
genius to know that Sam was balanced on some precarious edge, that there were things he didn't know
and that she wasn't about to tell him about in a hurry.
The knowledge that she was holding out on him was infuriating. The fact that he wasn't being entirely
honest with her didn't come into it. Illogical or not, he still wanted to take her in his arms and soothe her,
to use the moment to try to break through that cool reserve and gain her trust. "We're lucky the council
hasn't condemned the building out of hand and ordered an evacuation. It's dangerous, Sam. Everyone
will be well-compensated. They'll find other jobs, other places to stay. We'll give them all the assistance
we can."
Sam stared fixedly at him, as if she had just come to a conclusion that astonished her. "You really did
come to see me," she said huskily. "Why else would you be here? Your mind was made up before you
came."
She backed off a step, the astonishment fading, as if she had just given herself a mental shake. "If you'll
excuse me, I need to get some tradesmen up here to do some damage control before that ceiling caves in
and someone really does get hurt."
Graywatched her go. He didn't like the fact that she was walking out on him practically running from
him but he had just enough sense not to push her any further.
She needed time to get used to having him back in her life. Seven years ago he had been young and
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brash and hadn't taken the care of her that he should have. He would make up for that lack soon. After
Harper was dealt with, he would spend every moment he could with Sam make love to her, cuddle and
hold her, cement their relationship with all the rituals of courtship he had disregarded before. He would
be free to woo her, and he wouldn't rest until he had banished every last shadow from her eyes. But for
now his methods would, out of sheer necessity, have to be blunter, cruder.
He didn't have time for anything else. He would have to bind her to him in the most primal way he knew.
And soon.
Chapter 7
Sam walked numbly down the stairwell. The power was still off, but the stairwell had adequate window
lighting.
Of all the shocks she had had since she had answered Edith's phone call last evening, the one she had
just received stood out above the rest:Gray had come after her seven years too late.
She walked into her office, barely noticingMilly's curious stare or the fact that for once her secretary
didn't rush after her demanding to know what had happened.
A ripple of unease slid down her spine as she began to comprehend her situation; the unease extended
to an actual chill, roughening her skin and lifting fine hairs all over her body in primitive warning of danger.
Gray wanted her back, and she&
She was in trouble.
She had thought she had dealt with her hopes, torn them out like the stubborn weeds they were. But she
knew now that she hadn't; the roots of that hope had sunk too deep, wound themselves around the very
fibre of her being, and no matter how hard she tried, she doubted she could ever kill them completely.
She couldn't afford to be attracted toGray , let alone care about him. She had been hurt too often and
too deeply by the people she loved.
He had hurt her.
All she had to do was stay away from him. That shouldn't be hard, she thought grimly. He had just fired
her. If she left, she would be safe.
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