e massive wrought-iron gates of
ugged her sharp curves perfectly. She looked up at the sprawling
ed at her ID before buzz
foyer. The marble floor echoed beneath her cheap shoes. She k
. The matriarch of the family looked at
k stack of papers onto
said, her voice like grinding stones. "It includes a m
pt her fa
Eleanora continued. "You are a prop. Don't ever
d signed the prenuptial and the NDA without hesitation. She pl
bed Sloane's arm and dragged her
end of the first floor. The smell of antisept
an who had ruthlessly crushed her father wa
m the basin. She grabbed Gerard's fra
elids twitc
ips inches from his ear.
ng with light. The trust fund rest
servative gray evening g
navan's bride tonight.
chatter in the ballroom died down. Hundreds of eyes locked onto her. T
double doo
arm, radiant in a custom gown. Around
mother's
white. Her chest burned with the urge to lunge forward a
ws. Corrie's eyes narrowed. Even in that hideous
abbed a glass of red w
sted." The red wine flew from the glass, splashi
hs echoed from the
e gasped, covering her mouth. Her
her champagne flute on a passing tray. She pulled a s
cy Parisian accent. "That haute couture piece is from last season.
ffened. Corrie's fake smile froze.
n and walked over. "What
heart gave a violent, unnatural thump against
tared ri
mily is truly eye-opening," Sloa
lammed her cane into the ma
s arm and dragged her
find a restroom. As she stepped into the shad
vy, suffocatin
second-floor balcony. A tall, broad
alcony, a gaze so intense and predatory it felt like a physical grip around her thr
errifying scrutiny once before, in the darkest corners of her nig
ane to the master bedroom at the end of the
vy oak door open. The
y the floor-to-ceiling w
t his face. It was a face carved from m
an ordered. His
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