ow? Don't test my patience." Preston's
gainst the leather seat an
on Preston's shirt and
ree boys, including Preston, and raise
ture most people could only dream about. All of it had been for one
care and privilege had been
ousekeeper, yet she lived the life t
she went, and sometimes, even Katherin
Preston. "I'm obviously waiting
ritten all over his face. "Katherine, letting you ride in the car is
herine reached over and p
nd trapped Preston's arm tig
arp cry and jerked h
," Katherine said coldly. Then she looked t
t, stepped out of the car, a
d Preston by the arm and pull
lost his balance and slammed hard
he heel beneath her foot twisted awkwardly
door, picked up the designer handbag Emily had lef
ck to the driver's seat, shifted ge
hot forward. A burst of gray white exh
expression darkening as he stared at the t
ng with Kath
gone silent the momen
ordered the driver to th
ing this way would make him
d at Preston with watery eyes. "Katheri
to her tearful face and
augh. "She's just making a scene. Give it a few
rom his sleeves befor
and taxis never came this far. To leave, they had no choice but t
e didn't allow outside vehicles inside the prope
n the porch and watched the two exhausted figures s
nched with sweat and st
broken heels in one hand and walked barefoot acros
nscience?" Preston shouted before
, his tall frame blocking the s
car belongs to the Holt family, and I'm the only heire
n he pulled Emily in front of him and
none of it concerns you. Hand over the design drafts you prepared for the competition
ow ridiculous he sounded. "Wh
ell silen
r spoken to him in
r, she would always hand it over willingly,
ong moment before finally forcing out an answer. "If
very well why they we
. They spent almost six months searching
lishly believed they were helping someone in ne
once worked as a caregiver at the
. Judith had rushed into the flames and carried the three of them to safety
ed that gratitude w
and Emily, they brought them
lt family's standards, while the responsibility of repa
ith had saved the th
raised them, paid for their elite educati
etween gratitude and obligation. Now she realized they eithe
Katherine rep
he person before him was a stranger. The irrit
he realized Katherin
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