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ight's gala is crucial for my public

ldren's Sports Charity Foundation, his fingers lightly r

ng every bit the rising sports agent

ess smile, though my fingers dug into the

e VIP suite, the flashbulbs vanished, and Destin drop

the wet bar and poured hi

his glass raised. "The foundation has arranged for an orphan boy whose parents were lost in a regional hock

carpet, feeling the coldn

mly. "You never discussed

move, Kendall! It cements my reputation with the league and secures my contrac

, the double doors of

niature navy suit, came running across the hardwo

ad

voice sliced t

ce tightene

oy's mouth, laughing nervously

ulling the boy back. "He's been without a father in

at the bo

w, and the shape of his dark eyes

was J

oorway, wearing a modest, high-necked ivory d

red, her hands clasped t

th emotion. "Jaxon has suffered so much. He just wan

ted performance, the sheer audacity

ainst the leather folder before he forced his fa

a heavy gold fountain pen from his inner

hen trying to manipulate me. "Even Kyleigh understands the importance of charity. As the heir to

t take

e document resting

use B specifies an immediate, unconditional allocation of five million dollars annu

pupils co

nfident sneer. "That's standard legal language for high-ne

to her knees on the rug with pract

f you have any heart at all, d

letting her outstretche

buzzed in

the encrypted message fro

of Jaxon's official birth certificate

's name, it read

her's name: D

thin. Even the distant clink of

my chin, and met Destin's

funding your mistress's

hand, I swept the leather a

r, the papers scattering

skin turning the c

y?" he stammered, his gl

another second

rd the exit, my hand res

cracking with panicked rage. "If you walk out

r my shoulder, and gave h

news I've heard