Traded Husbands, Tangled Hearts: Can Destiny Be Changed?

d make the perfect wives for your grandsons. You'll see-once the marriage

too well echoed in her mind-war

er breath hitching sh

om the eighteenth floor, the rush of wind, and the crushing impac

ed through the high skylight, scattering golden warmth over gleaming floor

l came floodin

who came with a bold proposal: to weave the

nley-a decision that opened the door to a d

iarity of the scene, a chilling thou

ery choice. No longer would she play the fool; every p

d at the summit, their empire woven

family was a dream m

nny Sullivan, had served alongside Kevin in the army. Danny had once saved Kevin's life, and i

Stanleys were honor-bound to make a form

ad dwindled, so the proposal felt like a

er half-sister, Ellie Sullivan, had made her choice first-snari

ant stepping straight into a w

and marrying a Sullivan daughter was nothing mo

ngth. In public, they played the part of a perfect coup

ed-scheming, striking, and pushing him step by step toward tragedy. Her cruelty eventually shatt

chin, her eyes meeting Th

gentle smile. Every inch of him exuded poise and cultivated

clawed at her spine; she knew too well the ruth

k, draining the color from her face. She instin

: we let the girls choose whom they wish

ather, joined in with an

ing her fingernails deep into he

a union with the Stanleys; neithe

broke the moment's si

w things had gone in her past life. Wh

aughter a sharp look, her voice low but c

ile Theo-brilliant as he was-had no taste for busines

racefully, her smile bright and

hough his gaze lingered on Gracie for a

approve of her choice, but he could d

you, Gracie?

acie lifted her eyes and slowly e

e gave her a fleeting glance bef

ht of someone's amused stare brushed her

lump in her throat,

to a blur-words slipping past her lik

at life was nothing mor

igging into her palm told he

ted toward the dining room. The Stanleys

ll, his voice mellow and magnetic

d neither Gracie nor Ellie a glanc

ined from Gracie's body, and she exhaled a long

t, she made her way

ices reached her ears-a conversat

the picture, Theo doesn't stand a chance of taking over the Stanl

s mother had passed away a year before Alan remarried. Jane had entered

other, and for years afterward, Gracie existe

tration. "Brayden is in love with someone else. He only agreed to this arrangemen

ious, "But if you marry Theo, you're hand

she wanted to. Even if she married him, her quiet nature would never capture his affection. Theo, on the other hand, was thoughtful-gentle in spe

t the frame. Her eyes drifted to her wrist, smooth, flawless, without a

was cold, manipulative, and disturbingly adept at twisting people's mind

fe, no one would ever hur