use was a

around her shoulders. The police had come and gone, taking statements and the unconscious thug with them. Adrian'

te doctor was stitching up the gash on his shoulder without any ane

t," Adrian said,

can I rest? Your brother just sent men to kill me, Adri

He nodded to the doctor, who finished the st

frowned. "Wher

out the light from the chandelier. He reached into

courthouse," he sai

n struggling to process his

so massive it looked like it could blind someon

cking onto hers. "But a wife? The wife of a billionaire CEO? If something happens to you, the entire world wil

blanket off her shoulders and stood

mind? We don't even like each other! You're a cold, arro

tegic defense maneuver. We get married in a private ceremony. The press will be tipped off, creating a public scanda

"No. Absolutely not. I signed a contract to

gers gently grabbing her chin and tilting her face up to look at him. His

Lily," he com

longer icy. They were burning with a fierce,

ht, when I saw that man's hands on you... I realized that if you die, my money, my company, and my legacy mean absolutely nothing

er, overwhelming force of his personality was s

his?" Lily whispered, tryin

y is born, you will walk away with a settlement that will make you a billiona

nd placed the velvet bo

be here at 8:0

m, leaving Lily holding a diamond r

rning, it p

ng back at her. She wore a simple, elegant white dress that Mrs. Jenkins had l

an, waiting by the elevator in a crisp black suit, looking

It was a blur of legal jargon, signatures, and a chilling

courthouse, the rain had st

m of the marble steps. Cameras flashed like l

it true you jus

s the

n, ove

did not hesitate. He wrapped a possessive arm around her waist, pulling

d. "The whole world is wat

into Adrian's embrace. She looked l

, Adrian's grip on her waist suddenly tig

whispered through

s voice low and lethal, "but Juli

d. She couldn't hel

a man who looked strikingly like Adrian, but with a cruel, twisted s

ulian was a woman holding a small child. The wo

rom the photograph

ex-w