e sound of hushed, strained arguing drifted dow
pressing her
r the heavy thud of his shoes on the marble floor. He yan
. She was pressing a silk handkerchief to her
"She almost died. We cannot force her to marry that Mcdowell
icky! It's a multi-billion dollar acquisition on Wall Street. We are b
"The Kensington wealth is enough for Eleanora to spend for three lifeti
y. You know it and I know it. The wolves in this city will eat her alive the second we are gone. He
r past life, she had heard this exact conversation and thought her father was a tyrant selling her for st
to Heinrich myself. I will apologize. I will pay the bre
. She wiped her eyes, turning toward
led that contract, the Mcdowell family would pull their capital. It
ors open. Her heels clicked sh
their daughter, who was supposed to be bedridden and weak, wa
ran across the corridor, her arms outstre
her's neck, burying her face in Victoria's shoulder. She breathed in the scen
th genuine emotion. She hugged her tighter, her
tened. He assumed this was ju
n and uncompromising. "The show is over. I said I'm going to canc
p straight. She looked directly into her father's
lm, steady, and rang clearly through the q
fied. Victoria's hand, which had been s
ed. "Did the stomach pumping damage yo
. She reached out and grabbed Richard's l
" Eleanora stated, enunciating every word
d pressed the back of her hand against Eleanora's f
irious. Brushing past death clears the mind, Mom. I was stup
e-the shifting eyes, the pouting lip. He found nothing. He only saw
his voice dropping to a low rumble. "This is a lifelong
into a faint, serene smile. "I have ne
far end of the hall let out a loud ding. The met
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