don't understand. My family is bankrupt. The Melto
wer with a key he pulled from his pocket, and took out a thick document. It
desk and slid it t
e opened the cover. The bold lette
TIAL A
___________ and __
mind reeling. "Prenuptial?
g no room for argument. He pressed a button on his desk intercom. "Get my legal team on a
his eyes off Ariel. "Fill in the party names. Holden Tillman and Ariel Melto
page. The terms were stark,
Tillman's fiancée. And, when th
s for her mother's surgery. She would live at Serenity Estate, u
No romance. No physical relationship. It could be
from under her. She looked up at the man s
You could have any woman in New
ust has been pressuring me to marry. They want a stable, settled heir to secure the famil
ho is easy to control. A woman with no money, no family,
ped a beat at the
ed, his voice flat. "And I find
using her just as much as she was using
ent. "Sign it, and your mother's surgery is scheduled for tomorro
t offer comfort. It was a choice between t
dn't know was offeri
and heavy in her hand. She leaned over thecurred in the room. Holden's eyes glinted w
rawer. Then, he opened another drawer and pulled
a Swiss private bank. Payable t
five hundred th
the number, unable to process it. "
ing the weather. "Any further expenses for her recovery and rehabilitation are t
peo
spine. Before she could respond, Ho
personally. And effective immediately, Miss Melton's se
y's voice crackled
sk again, stopping right in front of her. This time, there
out hi
e," he said, his voice low
cably groomed. Taking it meant stepping into a world she
d in his. His grip
u," she s
ment longer than necessary, his dark eyes searc
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