e white bandage wrapped tightly around Grace's ankle. She stopped i

mily," Beatrice said, her voice trembling with desperate excite

into the room li

ked gasp. She scrambled up from the sofa and threw he

to throw my daughter to that monster? The man is a cripple! He's paralyzed from the wa

anor! Do you know what the penalty clause in the Turner contract looks like? If we

's trembling shoulder. She stepped around Eleano

race said. Her voice was terrifyingly

rateful little bitch! You eat from this family, yo

e crossed her arms, her nails digging

ng the operations of Albert Industries. I increased our profit margins by twenty percent w

he opened her mouth, but no words came out. Defeated, she spun

mething!" Beat

imself to stand. He puffed out his chest, trying to summon the pa

finger at her. "You will do as you are told. My heart cannot take

ening wave of disgust. There was no love in his eyes, on

, physically distanc

ult," Grace said, her voice droppi

an ugly snarl. The facade o

I will freeze every bank account with your name on it.

he held his gaze, her

one minor detail, Father. I own fifteen percent o

es. "Those shares will be worthle

swiped across the screen, the bright light illuminating her pale

and shoved the phone direc

block trade order. It was an order to dump her entire fif

shares will flood the market tomorrow morning. It will trigger a panic sell-off. Albert Industries

breathing hitched, turning into rapid, shallow gasps. His hand s

d forward, trying to snatch

gaze to Beatrice. It was a look so cold, so full

vering a millimeter above the screen,

les and cousins began shouting at Conrad, begging h

let out a choked,

his shirt. His knees buckled. He collapsed backward, hitting

th hitched in her throat, a physiological response she couldn't immediately control. But within a microsecond, she ruthlessly

wing herself onto her husband. "

rd the landline, dialing frantically. Family memb

ripped the phone so tightly her knuckles were stark white. Her heart

th. Threatening them wasn't enough. As long as the Turner famil

d off the snake. She h