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The Silent Heiress's Million Dollar Gambit
My stepmother’s bodyguards were seconds away from dragging me back to a life that was essentially a prison cell wrapped in silk. I couldn't even scream for help because the words always died in my throat—a clinical condition called selective mutism that felt like drowning on dry land. I had just discovered the sickening truth: my father was planning to sell me to a sleazy investor named Sterling to cover his company’s bankruptcy. They were going to drug me, ship me off to a private island, and strip away the only thing I had left—my late mother’s multimillion-dollar art trust. When I arrived at the manor, my stepmother Lydia handed me a glass of wine laced with bitter sedatives, her smile sharp as a razor. "Drink up, darling. It’ll make the transition to Mr. Sterling much easier." My stepsister Harper stood in the corner, wearing a dress bought with my mother’s stolen money, mocking my inability to speak. My father didn't even look me in the eye as he calculated my price tag, treating his own daughter like a piece of damaged, mute inventory. They thought because I didn't speak, I didn't hear them laughing about the "accident" that killed my mother or how they planned to burn her final restoration work. They assumed my silence was a sign of surrender, a white flag waved by a broken girl who would never fight back. How could the people who were supposed to be my family treat me like a commodity to be traded? Did they really think my silence meant I was weak, or that I didn't know every dirty secret they were hiding in their ledgers? I didn't drink the wine. Instead, I burst into the VIP suite of Carlisle Pierce, the most cold-blooded billionaire in New York, and slammed a crumpled napkin on his table with a desperate, last-second gambit. "MARRY ME. NOW. $1 MILLION."POPULAR WORKS AFTER THE GERMAN,
BY MRS. A. L. WISTER.
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Banned and Blessed. After the German of E. Werner. Fine cloth. $1.50.
A Noble Name; or, D?nninghausen. By Claire Von Glümer. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.
From Hand to Hand. From the German of Golo Raimund. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.
Severa. From the German of E. Hartner. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.
The Eichhofs. After the German of Moritz von Reichenbach. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.
A New Race. After the German of Golo Raimund. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.25.
Castle Hohenwald. After the German of Adolph Streckfuss. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.
Margarethe. After the German of E. Juncker. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.
Too Rich. After the German of Adolph Streckfuss. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.25.
A Family Feud. After the German of Ludwig Harder. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.25.
The Green Gate. After the German of Ernst Wichert. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.
Only a Girl. After the German of Wilhelmine von Hillern. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.
Why Did He Not Die? After the German of Ad. Von Volckhausen. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.
Hulda; or, The Deliverer. After the German of F. Lewald. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.
E. MARLITT'S NOVELS.
The Bailiff's Maid. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.25.
In the Schillingscourt. 12mo. Fine cloth. $1.50.
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