Married To The Ruthless Crippled Billionaire

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nuptial agreement onto the polished mahogany desk. The

fixed on her father, watching the way the ve

our sister's place, and you will do it to

tically. "Chloe, darling, this is your only chance to repay this

arefully polished sto

st tightly. She gasped for breath as a perfect tear slid down her cheek. "I

ghts, couldn't meet her gaze. His eyes darted around the room, landin

led Chloe's mouth.

ountain pen lying next to the contract. It was heavy, a symbol of the Foster wealth she

smug satisfaction. He thought she was c

t, Chloe drove the pen's nib straight do

un

ep, brutal. It s

buried her face in Grayson's chest,

hogany. She then reached into the worn leather satchel at her side and

ive Persian rug at her feet. They were bank statements. Wire transfers. A clear, damni

creams and procedures, turned the color of ash. She s

scraping violently against the fl

of ice. "The meaning is that Seraphina's 'fatal heart condition' cost her exactly fifty thousand

sed his hand, the heavy gold signet ring

hanging in the air, heavier than the scent of old leather and lies. "And every reporter i

he calculation stark on his face. The cost

ulling at his sleeve. "My career...

phina's tear-streaked face. For the first time, a flick

" She tapped a manicured finger on the desk, right next to the hole she'd made. "I want fi

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and steady. The sound of her counting

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frantic. Eleanor looked l

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defeat escaping his lips. He jabbed a button on the intercom on hi

et smooth. She felt nothing. Not triumph, not satisfaction.

ried in moments later, sweating despite the room's air conditioning. He

t the transfer agreement for a long moment, his knuckles white. Then, with a viol

or legal traps and loopholes. It was clean. She picked up the

her pocket. It felt heavier than a simp

ors of the study. She ignored the four pairs of eyes boring into her

ck. "Alistair Carlisle will break you. He'll chew you

and on the brass doorkn

d out into the hallway, the heav