Marcus managed not to snap at Simone for the entire cab ride back to her apartment. He managed not to snarl in frustration when she fumbled with her keys, and he managed not to wrap his hands around her neck to strangle the life out of her when she gushed about the handsome stranger who’d swept in to save the day. He was very proud of his self-restraint. A lesser man would have broken at any one of those points.
It wasn’t until he was back home, with the door of his penthouse closed firmly behind him, that he let go of the tight leash on his fury.
Gideon hadn’t recognized him. He hadn’t even blinked when Marcus had offered his name, and he couldn’t let go of his hand quick enough when Marcus had offered it. He acted like Marcus was any man off the street and not the one who had been ther
