A Fake Marriage With The Real Tycoon

ent now locked in Jax's briefcase and on its way back to New York. Her new phone rested on the

her old number, she noted with mild su

nsultation. 3

o-book doctor Eleonora had just told her about. So the Kni

y the renowned Dr. Evans, was finishing their examination of

kind but serious. "The tumor is aggressive, but it'

illiant, surged thr

will be costly," he continued, his tone sobering. "You're

m her lungs. She knew the Knight Foundation had agreed to cover it, but the reality of owing so much-of being so deeply indebt

her mother's room. Laura was awake, he

rate," Alayna told her, forci

"See? I told you. I'm

emories, bad TV shows, the flowers on the windowsill. When

ng down on her-her mother's fragile health, the half-million-dollar debt, the cold fury still simmering toward Caiden. She wa

rtable. Keep him blind. She'd told him her mother was fine-a scare, nothing more-and he'd accepted it

moved across

he doctors are saying surgery might still be necessary after all. I just nee

a scare, and scares could lead to follow-ups. It fed his ego by positioning him as her potential savi

hit

me in less t

t me off. I'm eating ramen every night. Why don't you try a

ension was a physical thing, a hot knife twisting in her gut.

l, her pulse steady. Phase One w

ng on her new, encrypted phone. Alayna frowned.

ned the

on reached out to Dr. Evans directly! They're fast-tracking everything. Tell your

from the new phone at some point yesterday, in the blur of the transfer and the NDA signing

'll explain later. And yes-Dr. Evans

mother's room. Laura was still sleeping, he

bed and pulled out her new phone. She

d. Dr. Evans says s

me in less t

. Get s

. And for the first time in a long t