Blackw
ept refilling my water glass and pushing plates of food toward me, all while try
nce. If looks could kill, I would have been a pile of a
first to break. She set her fork and knife down w
me. "Sister, it's just so wonderful that you were adop
but. "I was just reading an article the other day. It said the Beaumont 'Navigator's Heart' is never given as a simple gift. It'
a pretty bow of feigned concern. Sh
his earlier suspicion returned to his greedy eyes. H
es gleaming with malicious hope. This was their chance t
mly placed my napkin on the table, took a slow
mal circumstances, that is the case." I let her savor her small
avering, "there are always excep
s a simple, standard-issue model, nothing fancy. I unlocked it,
the top of the scree
thunderclap. "He's the current CEO of the Beaumont Group. If you have any concerns about the gift'
sin, not a junior manager. The CEO of the entire global enterprise was my brother. This
n reaching for his wine
spectacularly. She had tried to expose me as a fraud and had
were hot. His smile was back, wider and more desperate than before. "I have complete fait
ime I had ever heard him speak to one of Georgian
red at me, her lips trembling. "I'm sorry, sister," she
ite all right. I understand your concern
painted her as petty and grasping, reinforcing Alistair's new perception
st daughter be humiliated, and she was powerless to stop it. She
passed in a strained,
oom, personally showing me to my assigned room and barking order
l from my face. I walked to the small, cracked mirror above the dress
ge plan is progressing steadily." I
gian
te, Felicity was
me, Mother! In f
ear,"I murmured, my voice a dangerous caress. "She's just arrived. Her roots here are sh
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