His Unwanted Bride: The Secret Genius Commander

pets and floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. Isham Copeland didn't bother to look up. He

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old leather and Isham's self-satisfaction. Her eyes dropped to the paper. A marriage contract. Her name was printed

fast it was undetectable. On the surface, her expressio

gaged to him," Corey

neer. "Brandi is going to marry a hedge fund manager from a good fami

. The whispered rumor attached to Lucas F

eaning back in his leather chair. It groaned under his weight. "You came

smissive wave. The twenty years she'd spent in a small town in Montana, deliberately kept o

"the monthly allowance stops. The credit cards are cut. You'll

The endless sky, the quiet mountains. The world thought she was an outcast, a forg

ur mother's death was a messy and expensive affair for this famil

palms. The pain was a small, sharp anchor in the storm of her emotions. She forced her hand to r

g his. The practiced apathy in them

n the desk, the sound making the crystal whiskey glass

break. The fury in his eyes slowly cooled, replaced by a grudging calculat

e wedding, you'll get a sum. Enough to live comfortabl

barely there, touched Corey's lips.

," sh

ate. She signed her name, the ink flowing sm

ious. He thought he had won. He thought he had just

dismissively, already turning back

t, the mask of the submissive stepdaughter dissolved. The slight slump in her shoulders straightened

ctim. She was

e guest suite in the sprawling Long Island manor. She lock

bottom beneath a worn pair of hiking boots, she pulled

ld look ordinary to any casual observer but was, in fact, a h

operating system, but a single, stark emblem: the styliz

word that was a complex alphanumeric string thirty-

flagged with the highest priority. It was from h

has entered Phase II. Target i

codename

a blur of motion. Her rep

t with the periphery. The Copeland f

erald. His business dealings, his family history, his medical records. She scrolled down to the sect

section in red, adding a

he leaned back, the faint light from the screen i

red to the empty room.

laptop screen went dark. She was once aga

at the perfectly manicured lawns of th

field. And she wasn't the sa