ridor wall, utterly uninterested in co
m's people were taking her, much less imag
ir marriage, whatever tangled affair he was invo
se to leave, stepping toward the elevator ju
ce sliced through the silence.
and seized her wrist mercilessly, his eyes clou
adison instinctively struggled to
htened it further and forcefully dragged h
towering frame. "Lily is the only woman I've ever truly loved. Our marriage was nothing more than a calculated arrangement. If you know your place, you'l
eration, Madison barely had the strength le
ring pain through her spine, nearly
traint inside her. Summoning the remnants of her strength,
ng this marriage. I'll repay every cent I owe you, but I'll also make you pay for everything you've do
he could be. For one fleeting moment, she had naively believed b
rfectly justified and expected her to continue hum
rozen after th
ng, and desperate for his approval. The fact that she had actually hit him-and
y found the courage t
ried it beneath his pride. She had chased him all the way overseas
ly demand a divorce and expect me to accept it? You're overestimating yourself. My grandfather's health is already fragile. Have you considered what this news would do to him? Lily has been
g laugh escaped
e years. But that did not mean she would sacrifice the r
hare husbands." Her eyes rested on him with glacial indifference, stripped of even the slightest trace of affection. "And if you continue re
ntly, thick veins standing out
icly, Owen Group's stock woul
"Since you insist on being difficult, I suppose I'll have to keep you somewhere quiet until you cal
skin as she forced herself backward uns
tepped forward and blocked her escape route,
y, locking their grips onto Madison's s
ke her to my villa. Lock her in the basement until she understands
s blood
unfamiliar in this foreign place, e
e guards clamped a hand tightly ove
Madison fought desperately with all the streng
ommanding voice echoed through the corridor behind them. "Wh
n around to look. William sat s
takingly refined features made him resemble som
. The sharp contours of his face and the quiet dominance in his ga
ach radiating lethal intimidation powerful
ightly together. "Sir, t
rowning pistol resting in his palm fired with a deafening crack
much as a glance, William merely fixed his eyes on Madison and spoke in a low,
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