ether in a tight line. He clearly hadn't expected her

tion to bargain?" His voice w

t waste your breath on her. She's a shameless woman wh

d on Barron, the brown irises that once hel

cing me," she asked calmly, as if discussing a

t out a cold, mocking laugh. "Since you'

e you, a woman of unknown origin, are not worthy of standing here. And I will not

ion melting into tenderness. "More importantly, the pe

ng down on Alicia's heart. She had known, but h

en she opened them again, the last trace of vul

I've heard your reaso

ly, pulled herself to her feet. Her legs trembled from

between my parents. It has nothing to do with me.

ng your concerns about the media, Barron," she sneered. "If you want to pay reporters to brand

"I will gladly tell the press how my dearest cousin snuck into my hospital room hours after I gave b

n't expected Alicia to threaten he

shing with a triumphant gleam**. "And m

a law, in cases involving newborns, especially those who are breastfeeding, cus

mother. That is my trump card, Barron. And it's a biological fact all yo

to solving every problem with power and money, b

as no longer the meek, obedient wife whose world revolved around h

en to her nonsense! She's been abandoned by her family. Where

ust stared at Alicia, his

owly reached for the divor

Destiny's face. She thought

front of both of them, she took the thick stack of

per fluttered from her ha

answer now?" s

ally erupted. He took a step forward,

ut?" Alicia met his furious gaze without flinching. "Go ahead. Strike a recovering mother in front of witnesse

t care about Alicia, but he had to care about the

h his clenched teeth. "Fine, Alicia Barnet

a reluctant Destiny by the arm