"I said no, Adrian," Nicole repeated. She smelled the white roses.

"Look. You possess a fantastic body. Our bedroom compatibility breaks the charts. You choke me the exact way I like. But your lifestyle involves torture chambers and federal indictments."

Adrian glared at her. "I will change the business structure. I will clean up the operations."

Nicole pulled her arm free. "Do not lie to me. You love the violence. You love the power. If you change, you become boring. I do not date boring men. ...