n of her word, in
t you to hear this for yourself," she said, her voice
r, playing the part of the grat
med her that while her employment was terminated, she would be permi
Mrs. Carlisle,"
"There," she sa
," Chloe murmured,
lway, tapping her pearl earring. It wasn't a pearl. It was a military-grade audio receiver. The
her number. Her mother-in-law's voice, st
the Lumina penthouse. Keep her on a short
g the mistress was just theater. Eleanor was sim
r end. "Madam, why not ju
n holding Aidan. Until that boy is devoted to the C
ooled. So, tha
me at the Lumina. Enjoy the empty house, Mrs. Carlisle. It won't be yours for long." A
econd thought. The mistress was a noisy distra
laced by the family's lead attorn
l is getting worse. If Chloe ever finds o
sdain. "She's been on a steady diet of psychotropics for five years.
Still, the legal risk of
lisle heir without triggering her ironclad pre-nup. A little something extra in her daily soup fro
birth to a child who carries the Carlisle name. His heart does not belong to our family. He is not the controlled h
loe didn't gasp. S
ng, absolute stilln
st stolen her money or her husband's loyalty; they had hijacked her womb. The
rate asset. And because he carried his mother's blood, and because his bloodline still held the poten
The urge to kick the oak door off its hinges, wrap her hands around Eleanor's throat, and
ow tantrums. The Ghost d
ost ex
to a diamond-cold core of pure tactical malice. She lo
pulsating red waveform-every syllable of Eleano
it Target_Eleanor_Biological_Theft, and scattered i
ng into the heavy oak door. She could picture Eleano
rom the polished brass knob.
ty air, her voice a soft, razor-thin hiss. "Because whe
clack of her stilettos echoed down the marble corr
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