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Jilted Heiress: Marrying My Mysterious Protector
Chapter 1 No.1
, Aria. You brought p
Young tightened her grip on the leather portfolio case, her knuckles turning white. She stood o
e the sudden dryness in her throat. "It's the original draft of t
e a white high-couture dress that probably cost more than Aria's car. She looked like an angel,
a hand, her manicured fingers wiggling expe
a disaster she should have seen coming. She navigated through the crowd of s
ina. She extend
rthday,"
d the leather. Then, inexplicably, she
't hit the ground.
ged forward, dropping to her knees to grab the sink
e you doing?"
stumbled backward. She flailed, her arms windmilling in a pe
sh was d
ing. She froze, her hand hovering over the wat
someone
ng to her knees. Before she could stand,
way fr
ide with enough force that she twisted her ankle, stumb
her ribs. The pain in her ankle was a dull throb comp
puttering Corina to the edge. He hoiste
ped, smoothing Corina's we
e looked up, her mascara running down her ch
ng. "If you're still mad about the inheri
s. "I didn't. You fell.
s with Aria. The look on his face wasn't anger. It was d
s was the man she had been engaged to for t
spered, standing up on her sha
e," a woman wh
The illegitimate o
. The faces were a
through the circle. Her face was a mask of
ed across the
heek burned as if it had been branded.
er face, star
hissed. "Before I
nd Corina's shoulders, rubbing her arms, murmuring soft wor
a loud break. It was quiet, like a thread
diamond on her ring finger caught th
t, resisting, but she yanked it o
finally looking at her. His brow f
She placed the ring on the glass
n," she said. Her voice was terr
his nose. "Aria, don't be dramatic.
d her back on hi
called out, her voice d
front door, and down the long driveway. The gravel cru
. Her fingers trembled a
n: Anywher
he opened her contacts.
k Ca
he car and did
