eptic pulled Ameli

ark, and simple. Sunlight stabbed at her eyes. She raised a hand to

thought wa

from her abdomen. She threw back the thin blanket. H

ce a dry rasp. The room was silent.

agony. Leaning against the wall, she stumbled o

d away. "You're awake. You should

rprisingly strong. "My baby? Where

ression tinged with contempt. "We don'

toward the elevator. The Slater estate

gged down a taxi, trading her only remaining valuable, h

pped before ornate iron gat

t enter without Mr.

e violent movement tore at her C-section wound. Blood seeped

ant Chanel suit. She looked at Amelie with a pityi

won't see you." Her voice was s

s locked on Corie. "My baby, Cor

refully crafted sadness. "Amelie, I'm so

great care. "The baby... it was a stillbir

ry... I heard it!" Amelie was sure of it,

u were unstable from the blood loss. Jonas was devastated. He's already.

d the word, a terrible dread s

pths. "Jonas said that an unclean, unwanted child didn't deserve a pl

g her into a million pieces. The image of her new

xecutive assistant, Simon Hayes, ste

r asked me to inform you that the Beaumont family trust has been fro

d at him, un

ryl Beaumont, suffered a massive heart attack upon hearing the news

he family was ruined

me from her

ice dripping with false sympathy.

as terrifying. She began to shake the gates, a wild, primal scream b

look in Amelie's eyes. She shrieked at the g

in the estate grounds. Several Dobermans, trained for patro

narling dogs and an ocean of despair, her eyes rolled back in