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failed?” Ash asked mockingly.
    Gabe waved his hand, making a dismissive motion. No, Ash hadn’t ever failed. Gabe
     had no worries on that issue. The three of them made a solid team. Their strengths
     and weaknesses complemented one another very well.
    HCM wasn’t just a business. It was a corporation forged in friendship and fierce loyalty.
     The very things Gabe was about to test, all because he was obsessed with Jace’s little
     sister. Jesus, but if that wasn’t fucked up.
    Thankfully, Jace rose, his hand sliding from the woman’s leg. He reached to pull her
     up from Ash’s lap, and she settled comfortably between him and Ash as they moved toward
     Gabe’s office door.
    Jace paused and then turned, a frown on his face. “I’ll try to call Mia on my way
     out but can you check with her while I’mgone? Make sure everything’s okay and she doesn’t need anything? I hate that I missed
     her last night.”
    Gabe gave a short nod, controlling his features carefully. “I’ll take care of it.”
    “Thanks, man. We’ll see you on the other side.”
    “Keep me posted on how things are going,” Gabe said.
    Ash grinned. “Control freak.”
    Gabe flipped up his middle finger and Jace and Ash exited, their latest conquest sandwiched
     between them. Gabe leaned back in his chair, checked his watch, relief edging him.
     He still had half an hour before Mia was due to arrive. Jace and Ash should be well
     away by then.

chapter three
    Mia got out of the cab on Fifth Avenue, a short walk to the building that housed the
     HCM offices, and sighed at the positively gorgeous weather. The wind ruffled her hair,
     hinting at the chill that was inevitable. The days were getting cooler as fall wound
     down to winter.
    Gabe lived a short distance away at 400 Fifth Avenue, a sleek, modern residential
     development, while Jace lived on the Upper West Side closer to Mia—she was convinced
     she was why Jace had never moved closer to his office. And Ash lived at 1 Morton Square,
     which overlooked the Hudson River.
    Mia hurried into the high-rise Midtown building that housed HCM and hastily dug out
     her security pass to get by the turnstile leading to the elevators. Jace had given
     her the pass when he’d given her a tour of the HCM suite of offices a few years earlier,
     but she hadn’t had to use it very often since she was usually with Jace when she visited.
     For all she knew the damn thing might no longer work, and then she’d have to register
     with security. With that much time, she may well chicken out and just leave.
    Thankfully she had no problems.
    She checked her watch when she got on the crowded elevator and then shifted toward
     the back as even more people pushed in. It was five minutes to ten, and she hated
     being late. Not that shewas—at least not yet—but she was one of those people who was always early. Being late
     made her twitchy, and coming in this close to the wire made her anxious.
    Not that she had any reason for why she was so bent on obeying Gabe’s command. It
     wasn’t like he’d have her head if she were late. But still…There’d been something
     in his voice that had made her wary of antagonizing him. And if she were honest, she
     was eager to know why he’d summoned her so imperiously.
    Caroline had rushed her through the shower and then dressed Mia as though she were
     a child with no clue what to wear. After choosing jeans that hugged every curve, she
     picked out a cami top and an oversized, cut-off T-shirt that bared one shoulder. It
     was short in the waist and bared the tiniest portion of her midriff, particularly
     when she moved just right.
    Caroline had fluffed and dried Mia’s long hair and curled some of the layers so the
     result was a messier wild look. She swore that hair like Mia’s drove men wild. Mia
     wasn’t sure she wanted to drive Gabe to anything. Sure, he’d starred in more than
     one of her teenage—and adult—fantasies, but now that he’d gotten up