od before the glass, his gaze fixed on the distance without truly seeing the city below. The sound of rain hammering against the car windows still seemed to ec

nd

ess as he turned to look at Drew Prince, who

ght. Pull every surveillance recording

n did not change

during the storm. The footage we've managed to recover is extremely lim

d over the off

tly as his fingers tapped un

to fi

termination felt almost

explicable sense of familiarity continued to

searching for her, only to find nothing. Then, when the girl a

as th

ed him and who was suppose

n his chest like a stone befo

re urgent matters dem

rward an alliance between the Montgomery Family and the Beaumont Family. T

rumors s

he desk and shifted his attention to

nod

rumors regarding your disfigurement after the accident and your loss of male function have spread even

of warmth touch

sed those ru

rriage, then he would make th

blessed with every possible choice would willingly marry a monster rumored to

engagement herself, this absurd tran

y, Chloe Hayes was being slowly consume

her heart like a stone, while the recent changes in her bo

over her lower abdomen as anothe

eady the thi

and terrible food clear

e was real

sent a chill throu

ridor and hurried toward her, her eyes red and her expression almost

htly, her palms cold and damp. "The wedding is already set.

ered her voice as though sharing a secret that no one

roze sl

k a dee

red, never appears in public, has a violent and cruel personality, an

pa

on't tou

uddenly f

in Chloe's mind long

't tou

that she had quietly le

er chest for so long had final

esitation in Chloe's eyes and

loe. Just a

receive the best treatment possible. No matter how much it cos

rt

vulnerable part of her

the friendship and trust Ava had given her over the years all merged together int

nce, Chloe finall

ka

l do

felt was bitterness spreading through her mouth

made, everything move

as no w

v

ers or

n gates of Montgomery Estate. The gates slowly opened outward, revealing

r hair and a stern expressio

ome, Mrs.

htly, his tone impec

nt, Chloe

Montg

truck her l

he stepped into this place, C

stood someone

ost abandoned before finally stopping in front o

m white, luxurious and exquisite enough to belong i

was no war

ke a museum exh

night," Mr. Finch said from the doorw

he quietl

ed behind him, leaving her

ce was su

ll-length mirror and s

ing back felt

constant reminder that this life

he opened

d on the small

ought from a pharmacy befo

gnanc

hroom. Her fingers trembled with nerves so badly that

aborate carvings in the corner of the bedroom, a

onitoring center on the opposite side of the pr

f what kind of woman would willingly marry the mon

cond, he saw what sh

gnanc

seemed t

wly narrow

ant, his bl

it bo

is veins and burned i

Family for money was now planning to bring another man

gr

insu

bruptly that the chair scrap

out of the surveillance room, headin

end this ridicul