Jealousy & A Jewelled Proposition
He was alone.Matt Hammond punched in the code that gave him access to the inner sanctum of House of Hammond and realised being alone was the one true constant in his life these days. Even Lionel Wong, the backbone of the business and usually the last to leave each evening, had gone home. Matt paused in the silence and drank in the satisfaction that came from being here.
It always felt like coming home. A feeling he'd come to look forward to during his all-too-frequent forays overseas in the past few months.
He dropped his briefcase on his desk and slumped into his high-backed leather chair. Weariness pulled at every cell in his body, but he refused to acknowledge it, or the hollow emptiness that dwelt in his chest. It'd been a helluva six months so far. Just when would life let up? He brushed the question aside. He had no time for the inanity of rhetori ... read full excerpt from Jealousy & a Jewelled Proposition ebook
