He Chose The Maid Over The Heiress

ontract worth fifty million dollars whe

ication from the woman I

"My little prince

doll with diamond-dust eyes. It was the only one in the

deal and flew

, I found the housekeeper wearing my v

eet me. He ran past our crying daugh

ed at me, protecting the boy while our d

e, confident that he could ta

s the Duchess of the Miller Syndicate, th

hone and froze ev

asked, signaling my secu

suit, Austyn.

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erly

on dollars in a frozen Zurich boardroom wh

s supposed to be powered down-but I was waiting for a proof-of-life photo for a

nced

't my s

ication from the woman I

e prince deserves the worl

Starlight Princess, a custom-made porcelain figure with diamond-dus

only one in

inside my house, while I was four thousand miles

nk bled onto my fingers, dark

id, standing up.

ed confused. "Duchess, we are h

ribs, a frantic bird trapped in a cage of bone. I had missed Lily's birthd

rang. Onc

el

nanny. It was Ms. Albright, Li

the tremor in my hands. "This is Kimberly Miller

sugary poison. "We were just wondering when someone would

turb

ical. Honestly, it is typical behavior for a child from a bro

ground. It was a sound th

om

hard the screen splintered unde

her voice thin and terrified.

was snat

way to pick up her son and your daughter. I suggest you sort out y

d? Who is

ne wen

aw the Duchess. I saw the woman who had inherited the most powerful crime

building a fortress

I had locked the en

who was already packing my briefc

he Rus

t," I said. "We a

ademy. I hadn't slept. I hadn't changed out of my black suit. My securit

houting befor

as towering over a small, t

e woman hissed. She

scraping against the pavement

e. It was the same calm I felt before I ordered a hit. I walked f

raised her

er wrist i

face twisting in shock. "

o step back. "I am the woman who

use, looking me up and down with a sneer. "Oh. You mus

d again.

A black SUV pulled up to

a step

my coat. My vintage Chanel trench coat, the one my

r blown out, sunglasses perched on her head

me. She didn

sm