body we

doorway. He was dressed in an expensive casual suit, his brown hair perfectly styled.

mpty gallery before settling on her. They hel

"I heard the Carney family is completely ruined. Are you squatting in a

sneering reference to his assumpt

phone. Her voice was ice. "That

her hand. "Alaina, stop this. I know you're angry with m

s touch. "I'll say it again.

s expression shifting to one of wounded sincerity.

onal blackmail. "Do they mean less than the Carney family's d

her lips. "Wait for you to marry Joan Knap

ement to Joan is just business, you know t

Damian. I can't afford

ound her wrist. "Alaina, you don't have a choice! Do you really think your family just naturally went under? Over half

t control. The moment they left his mouth, a flicker

at. He hadn't just abandoned her in her time of need; his family was actively holdin

issed, struggling violently against h

had a dark, obsessive gleam. "I can drop the

less. She stopped fighti

r voice was quiet but cut like glass. "Damia

nfused by her

ney who needed the Hortons to survive?"

her bag, pulled out the property de

s mine now. And my debts

ixed on the name printed on the

He looked at her, his voice trembling with a mixture of shock and sheer terror. "Wynn? Yo

e an asset like this, so quickly, in her own name, let alo

acade completely shattering. "Alaina, please, you can't b

found strength, ignoring his pathetic confession

her as a kept woman, a temporary amusement for a ri

shock, Alaina yan

afe distance between them. "N

ng rage. His ego couldn't handle the fact that she had upgraded to a man in

, his voice dangerously

long look, as if memorizing this new version of

tainty settling in her stomach. This was far f