ra's

ks, E

still letting a little fear show. They bought it compl

ating her like you used to," Vince said. "She's the real Scott heiress, but she's still help

d and pretended his w

every kind word coming from her felt fake. Then she took

car," she said softly. "I'm not trying to make things harder for you, but

closer. "I'm not going to press charges. Just sign t

It had already been written from my point of view. According to the c

admit that I'd caused everything. If I signed my name, I'd be taking responsibility f

o way I cou

en, and both of them noticed my

ng to pretend you didn't do it, are you? Elaine's already letting this go wh

and he'd promised that he'd always protect me. Whenever people looked down on me because of where I'd come fr

an nothing less than a year later, or that

n I pressed the pen to the paper and dragged it across the pag

bed my wrist and glared at me. "

as if he'd scared me. "I'm sorry. I... I do

ck into the room, and his

her hand," he said. "That can affect movement and c

tly took my hand and went right back to pretending she cared. "Don't worry, Kendra. We'll fi

ached, but I forced myself out of bed and made my way to the

r the heir like this. Elaine, this is our chance. Before they come back, we need to make sure everyone hears about her memory loss and what happened to her hand. Then when they have to choos

, but the excitement in i

aughter," Elaine said. "What if they feel s

w. And I already know who we can drag into it. Rhett, my father's illegitimate son. He's been trying to find Rhett a wife from a decent family

think of everything. But how are you

any of this works." He sounded completely sure of himself. "I'll offer him something he want

d kissed her. The sound carri

osed the door. I couldn't stand there a

I'd thought I was lucky enough to have a fiancé who

ctly what both

my palm until my nails dug into my skin. Whatever t

Once I got out from under their control, I'd make

e's

gone, I called

give you one of the company's biggest

ndra, is the Scott heiress, but she's having memory problems right

ntly started working at the company, and he badly n

Rhett agreed witho

I'll

that looked custom-made, and I could smell cologne on him as so

bastard. He was taking a woman I'd already cast aside

ndra's hospital room. The moment the door opened, I saw the su

r fiancé," I said. "He's also my i