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he red impressions on my nec

velvet box, snapping it open. Inside sat an enormous, flawless pink dia

instinctively curled my fi

instantly. "Don'

f the floor. The sheer physical power of a professional hockey enforcer was t

ssed, his face inches from

vy platinum band down my ring finger. The metal was freezing against my

in ragged gasps of air. I didn't cry. I swallowed the b

neath his skates. "This is what you Spencer parasites wanted from day one. Yo

on the floor to mask the lethal calculat

"The doctors say she might not survive the night. Her final wish was to see me married and settled. You are going to

abbing my jaw and

eryone who shares your bloodlin

here was no hesitation in

nal equation

r, get tackled by twelve armed guards, sed

ther. If the matriarch lived, Julien's reason for rage evaporated, giving

se Opt

of sweat from my cheek, and stood up on my own two feet.

he eye, my voice entirely

e of fear in my demeanor. The hysterical, conniving woman he expec

a scowl, turning on his heel