Chapter 241 [ 489 words ] Chapter 241: The door swung open. Cornelia stepped into the room, holding a master key. Cornelia closed the door behind her and smoothly engaged the heavy soundproof lock. Her face was a mask of absolute, freezing fury. Harper dropped the lamp and ran toward

Chapter 240 [ 518 words ] Chapter 240: Finch hesitated for a fraction of a second. Then he stepped forward. A maid scrambled to place a chair at the far end of the long table. Finch sat down, his posture still rigid, but his eyes gleaming with a complex mixture

Chapter 239 [ 497 words ] Chapter 239: Cornelia, desperate to break the lethal tension Jarrod was radiating, began speaking in a high, artificial voice. She directed her conversation at the General, listing off the names of senators and diplomats attending an upcoming charity gala, trying to re-establish the illusion

Chapter 238 [ 495 words ] Chapter 238: She carried a massive, heavy silver tray. On the tray sat five heavy cast-iron skillets of baked eggs. The dish was blistering hot, covered in a thick, bubbling layer of melted Gruyère cheese and scalding oil. Agnes’s path required her to walk

Chapter 237 [ 462 words ] Chapter 237: Before Caroline could process the words, Jarrod leaned down. He pressed his mouth hard against the center of her forehead. It wasn’t a sexual kiss. It was a heavy, dominant, territorial brand — a physical claim that sent a shockwave of heat

Chapter 236 [ 503 words ] Chapter 236: He turned his head and looked down at her. The dim light cast sharp, dangerous shadows across the bruised angles of his face. “If you try to pull away from me on those stairs,” Jarrod whispered, his voice a dark, vibrating threat,

Chapter 235 [ 501 words ] Chapter 235: “Put on the high-necked white silk shirt,” Jarrod ordered. His voice was a freezing, absolute command. “Button it all the way to the top. Cover every mark on your skin. I will not let those vultures downstairs look at what belongs to

Chapter 234 [ 498 words ] Chapter 234: “Go ahead,” Jarrod taunted softly. “This glass is military-grade, soundproofed to withstand a bomb blast. The walls are reinforced concrete. You could scream until your throat bleeds, and no one outside this room would hear a single sound.” To prove his absolute

Chapter 233 [ 476 words ] Chapter 233: She abandoned her tactical training. She stopped acting like a CIA operative and acted like a furious civilian. She raised her right foot and stomped her heel down as hard as she could directly onto his bare instep. Jarrod was braced for

Chapter 232 [ 486 words ] Chapter 232: Caroline gasped as her feet left the carpet. Jarrod slammed her backward. Her spine hit the solid oak door with a heavy, breathless impact. Before she could strike again, Jarrod grabbed both of her wrists with his left hand. He wrenched her

Chapter 231 [ 489 words ] Chapter 231: She yanked her leg hard, trying to break his hold and bypass the foot of the bed to reach the heavy oak door. Jarrod did not even bother to put on his boots. He moved with a terrifying, explosive burst of speed.

Chapter 230 [ 509 words ] Chapter 230: Caroline took a deep breath, extended her index finger, and poked Jarrod hard in the center of his uninjured pectoral muscle. “Wake up,” Caroline said clearly. Jarrod’s reflexes were unnerving. He didn’t groan or stretch. His eyes simply snapped open. For a

Chapter 229 [ 526 words ] Chapter 229: Her black turtleneck sweater was gone. It lay in a crumpled heap on the floor near the edge of the bed. She was currently wearing nothing on her upper half except a thin, white cotton camisole. Her bare shoulders and back were

Chapter 228 [ 466 words ] Chapter 228: Jarrod let out a dark, mocking laugh. He lowered his arm and turned his head to look at her. His eyes were cold and lethal. “A courtesy?” Jarrod sneered. “My men reported every interaction. Every time he looked at you. Every time

Chapter 227 [ 524 words ] Chapter 227: She stopped talking. Jarrod wasn’t angry. He was looking at the blood on his lip, and then he looked back at her. The taste of the blood didn’t snap him out of his frenzy; it acted as a catalyst. It triggered the

Chapter 226 [ 474 words ] Chapter 226: Caroline looked up at his face. She saw the deep, purple shadows under his eyes. She saw the grime on his skin and the rigid tension in his jaw. He looked like he had run through hell just to get to this

Chapter 225 [ 489 words ] Chapter 225: Jarrod stared at her. A dark, suffocating wave of possessive obsession swelled in his chest. He had almost lost her. The thought of those cleaners touching her made his vision swim with red. He needed to feel her. He needed physical, undeniable

Chapter 224 [ 505 words ] Chapter 224: The death threat hung in the air, heavy and absolute. It wasn’t a metaphor. He meant it literally. The General stared at Jarrod. The anger slowly drained out of the old man, replaced by a deep, heavy exhaustion. He realized he had

Chapter 223 [ 497 words ] Chapter 223: The General slammed the heavy silver head of his cane against the marble floor. The sound echoed like a gunshot in the cavernous foyer. “Stop right there!” the General roared, his voice vibrating with absolute authority. Jarrod’s combat boots skidded to a

Chapter 222 [ 505 words ] Chapter 222: He walked out of the tent and broke into a dead sprint toward the airstrip, where a massive C-17 military transport plane was idling on the tarmac. Ten minutes later, the massive jet engines screamed, tearing a hole in the night sky