Discarded Bride: The True Heiress Returns

coffee table with a sharp crack that ec

at, devoid of the paternal warmth he r

s curled into a triumphant sneer. "We've been more than patient

e papers. The ink was a stark, fin

nce IV, Kelsey's now ex-fiancé. "Carter needs a wife who can support

ced mix of pity and distaste. "Malia is what the

feel their barbs had been carved out long ago, l

. Not a single tremor. She signed her name on the line, t

y didn't dese

her voice sharp. "Take her

m soup for twenty years, picked up her single, cheap canvas bac

threshold, Malia let

st, her eyes wide with manufactured panic. "The sap

tly at Kelsey. "You! You were always jealous. You couldn't st

k right now, or I swear to God, I will call the

the door. He fumbled with Kelsey's backp

hire bracelet from the unzi

hat was my engagement present! It's

. He grabbed Kelsey's arm, his fingers digging into her s

ruise. But Kelsey simply looked at hi

ment was so sharp and unexpected

he room, landing on each of their faces.

da hissed. "We can't let a t

cut through the manufactured drama like a surg

ears paus

nodding at the bracelet in Arthur's hand. "They're not

y. "You're just trying to

he authentication page for their sapphire collection. "The real M-Lady 'Starlight' bracelet has a microscopic laser inscription on the clasp and a unique fluoresce

mation. It was the kind of detail anyone could find if they spent enough tim

slapping the phone from Kelsey's

ad been made. The seed of doubt was planted in Carter's mind-not about her, but about t

lia's ragged breathing. The fake in Arthur's hand su

ds, felt a hot flush of embarrassment cr

ury and humiliation, screamed, "Get

deliberate motion, she turned and walked towards the do

ou will be silent! I am still

ising, loud enough to be heard throu

porters, tipped off by an anonymous source, were ga

er voice ringing with a power they had never heard before. "Th