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Only with the greatest effort did Pascha keep his features still.

Emily's brown eyes held his as if in challenge before her lips—amazing lips, like a heart tugged out at the sides—curved upwards. Her eyes remained cold. She leaned forward.

‘It is obvious this buy-out is important to you and that you need to keep it a secret. I suggest we make a deal. If you agree to withdraw the threat of legal action against my father I will keep my mouth shut about the Plushenko deal.’

Pascha's fingers tightened on the document in his grasp. ‘You think you can blackmail me?’

She raised her shoulders in a sign of nonchalance. ‘You may call it blackmail, but I like to think of it as us making a deal.’

If the Plushenko deal fell through his legacy would be gone.

And so would Pascha's last chance at redemption.

Could he trust her?

Beneath her collected exterior lurked wildness. It echoed in the flickers of light emitting from her dark eyes. He could feel it.