Chapter 48 Seduction

• The fluorescent lights of the hospital's underground parking lot buzzed, casting an eerie glow on the rows of parked cars. Isabelle's heart pounded a frantic rhythm against her ribs as she pulled her car into a vacant spot. She hadn't even switched off the engine before a hand, strong and familiar, snaked around her waist.
• She yelped, startled, and whipped around, her hand instinctively flying up to slap the intruder. The blow landed with a resounding thud, a sharp crack splitting the silence of the parking lot. Her hand stung from the impact, and she stared, wide-eyed, at the face before her.
• A chuckle, deep and rich, rumbled from the man. "Easy tiger," he said, his dark eyes crinkling at the corners. Max. It was Max, the one man she had tried desperately to avoid.