in every way and had always been

got him struck from the old master's list of heirs,

to that accident. Charles Bishop didn't want Chloe Bish

tment. Charles Bishop said, "Le

y the window, her gaze fixed on the boy beneath the magnolia

c

er heart race-the one who had captivated her for two wh

tree, she felt like her heart was

it feels like to

wasn't unfam

, when he ran toward her in his white jersey,

ketball court became

saw him on the court again. It wasn't until the college

ontinued high school. But she never mi

Charles Bishop and his wife

hat Chloe Bishop was quit

private hospital bloomed at once, and a golden light hovered o

ller Keth Rollins happened to be r

youngest daughter of the Bishop family has arrived with a tre

amily was still a small

ater growth proved

Group grew from an unknown company into one of New York City's

ll promising young talents selected from v

would eventually marry into the Bishop family.

e Bishop, but she couldn't hear a single

through the crowd, then let

along with. She had many friends, and the boys t

oth good standing and good looks. Many of thes

go

rayson, you have to understand-if the Bishop family's daughter chooses you, Charles

face finally showed

're the most outstanding one here. She'll de

a princess. A faint, mocking smile tugged at his

straight back, Isabella

nt to prison, the Grayson family had

e Bishop family's daughter, the en

vier Grayson.

loe Bishop's only thought was to get to the mag

ave. In her urgency, she cut Xavier Grayson of

Chloe Bisho

at Xavier Grayson-just

outstretched hand for a few s

at the Grayson family's fallen

icule. He glanced once at Chloe Bishop's retreating

if nothing in this vas

e crowd reached his ears: "Is that Xavier

down-always chasing after other men. Eventually Lucian Grayson caught her red

y killed the lover. If it were me, I

Grayson's heart like sharp knives. The cold, indiff

s behind her and stopped. She

om his face. His red-rimmed eyes seemed to burn with bloodlust, and the ai

st hate his mother

he passed by Chloe Bishop, hi

s if her blood had frozen solid. Her whole

op a long time to recover from the fear. She

came and w

wn into a lake-no

one's attention returned to Chloe Bishop

d down every boy, walked alone toward the one

as the Bishop family

amily's daughter ha

he bravest thing she had ever done-and the first ti

vering steps, under the astonished, contemptuous, and

y m

e I lik

o sound casual, her

orcelain doll. Her clear black-and-white