rled the ultimatum with blazing resolve, and then added icily, "I've already got

triarch and, in his mind, offered he

torm. His grandmother's sudden moves hit him

yn had drugged him, used him, and pla

would have warrante

I will not

today!" As she spoke, Eunice rolled up her sleeve

ly sidestepped, afraid she might lose he

imagined the cold, ruthless Nathan would allow an el

ped Eunice's arm, speaking softly. "Eunice, ne

in her heart, Eunice grew flustered and quickly switched tactics. "Kathryn

lly his own grandmother? Did she

hed. "But give Nathan one real chance to take care of you. Try a one-year mar

s flew wide

second, it felt as though she were the

t need him to t

's ear, "Before your mother vanished, she called me. She asked me to ensure you m

's smil

n mother would orchestrat

hter at all? How could her moth

ued a fresh threat. "Marry Kathryn, or I'll transfer every asset I own t

e breath had been cr

he family's entire inheritance, nor could he bear the thought

new the outcome was sealed. He mused silently tha

n's hand, she steered her toward the exit. "Come

ed the newly issued marriage docume

t learning how to be a family." Before departing, she cast Nathan a final, unmis

ide Nathan. A weight of regret pressed down on her

cautiously. "Listen... you don't want this any more than

him that she truly had no desire to marry him-and

l my grandma yourself. I'll acce

, "With your influence, you could handle i

ugh Eunice would cost her whatever her mo

er all that plotting. Ingenious," Natha

er hips as she shot back, "Hey! How dare you say that?

red pain, pleading for

said no

of the previous night resurfaced. Against his wi

ryn replayed her own words and reali

ked the caller ID and saw Cillian

Kathryn's brows knit together. S