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quiet, submissive fixture in her bil
ce papers, he just laughed, assuming she was
he was hiding their three-year-old twins in a cramped Qu
s obsessive need for control drove
he children calling her "Mommy," his a
nother man, he trapped her in their
y ripped a strand of hair from her sca
tand why a man who openly flaunted his mistress would go
eep her babies safe, yet an invisi
she had finally bought enough time
dy staring at a text message tha
y DNA resul
r ear, laced with the expensive scent of whiskey and somet
handsome face slightly flushed from the party. Her stomach clenched. The image of Isabelle Beaumont stan
ot up from the vanity stool. The movement was so abrupt it sent a crys
flicker of confusion, then annoya
quiet, but it hung in the air be
s. "Still upset I didn't take you to Isabelle's birthday
ime to cup her cheek, his usual
For the first time in their three years of marriage, the practiced
" she said again
ished, replaced by the cold authority of the CEO
ments calm and deliberate, as if she were closing a deal. She pulled o
te duvet. The sound was soft, but i
meeting his without a trace o
ce Agreement," seemed to burn into his retinas. A beat of stu
wo frame radiating menace. "Chloe, do you have any
ace. The orphan the Sterling family had plucked from obs
ruel whisper. "Without me, without my family's name, where
before, in subtler forms, at dinner parties and
" she said, her gaze unw
t he wanted. "I'm tired of being married
he name. "
knew he couldn't resist. "You can have it all. The title, the money. I'll w
f a bluff-a quiver in her lip, the sheen of unshe
a world where he wasn't in control, where she wasn't a pa
ross his face. He didn't even g
g her with a wave of his hand. "Go to sleep
e conversation, completely underestimating the finality in her v
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