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Chapter 510
Chapter 510:
Sloane let out a sharp exhale and raised her phone, her thumb hovering over the screen. “Security is on speed dial, Cole. Don’t make me use it p>
Cole stared at her — his eyes full of a desperate, toxic anguish — and finally broke. He turned and walked away, shoulders slumped, defeated by the one person in the building he could not intimidate.
An hour later, the hallway was quiet again.
The elevator chimed. Crawford stepped out alone, carrying a sleek, insulated bag from a high-end organic restaurant in Manhattan.
Sloane was sitting in a chair outside the room. She looked at the bag, then at Crawford, and sighed. She rose and pushed the door open for him.
Crawford stepped inside.
June was awake, sitting up against the pillows. Her face was still terribly pale, but her eyes were clear.
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Crawford walked to the bed and set the bag on the tray table. His gaze moved to the bandage at the side of her neck, and a muscle in his jaw twitched once. He kept his hands firmly at his sides, resisting the overwhelming pull to draw her close.
“I brought you something light,” he said softly.
“Thank you, Crawford,” June replied. Her voice was weak but polite — the measured, courteous tone of someone addressing a business associate.
Crawford pulled a chair close to the bed and sat down, leaning forward with his elbows on his knees.
“June, you cannot stay in New York,” he said, his voice urgent and direct. “This city is toxic for you right now. Cole is unraveling. I have already arranged for my private medical jet to be on standby. I have secured a suite at the finest private facility in the Swiss Alps. You will have around-the-clock security. You can rest. You can heal p>
It was an extraordinarily tempting offer — a promise of absolute safety wrapped in luxury.
But it was also a gilded cage.
June looked at Crawford. She saw the intense, possessive need behind his eyes. He wanted to protect her, but he also wanted to remove her — to place her somewhere isolated, somewhere she would have no one but him.
She shook her head slowly.
“No,” she said. Her voice was quiet, but anchored in something unbreakable.
Crawford frowned. “June, please be reasonable. You are not safe here p>
“I am not running away, Crawford,” she said, looking directly into his dark eyes. “My company is here. My life is here. If I leave now, I am letting Cole win. I am letting them chase me out of my own city p>
Sloane, still leaning against the doorframe, gave a single nod. “She’s right. We don’t retreat. We hold the line p>
Crawford studied June’s face. Behind the exhaustion, behind the pallor and the bandage and the quiet devastation, he could see the fierce, unbroken fire still burning in her eyes. A wave of profound respect moved through him, tangled with something darker and more possessive.
He nodded slowly. “All right. If you want to fight, we fight here.” He held her gaze. “But I am not leaving your side p>
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