CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY EIGHT – THREATS OF VIOLENCE

"Oh my god..." Kayla murmured under her breath, limbs turned to solid ice despite the warm flush creeping up her neck. Nathan Westin arrived center stage as if summoned from her darkest nightmares, completely ignoring the confusion of the event staffers and security valiantly trying to block his path. His face was taut, eyes shining with almost feverish intensity, boring directly into Kayla's petrified gaze as if he could devour her whole. "I have a very important question!" He called out in a voice dripping with dark melodrama. "For the CEO who fancies himself such an honest, ethical businessman..." Lance moved to firmly block Kayla from Nathan's line of sight, tension thrumming from his powerful frame. "Get him out of here. Now," he ordered in a low, lethal tone that the hired muscle clearly recognized as permission to engage. But Nathan was quicker, vaulting up the front steps in a few long strides, eluding the slow-moving security detail. He crashed into Lance barreling his w