y's
g on my lips. "I've always got a plan, Lia. Don't you worr
sting him? Nicholas just dropped fifty million just to paint you a
e both burst into a fit of lau
ual work to do, unlike some people who are busy becoming famous so
said, my voice full
e replied jokin
at the blank screen
d slowly, methodically cut her out. He couldn't stand that Lia saw right through him, so
e memory fading. "P
had always, always been right. And th
were all in the dining room, al
y stepmother
ll. I knew without asking that it was my little brother, the 17-year-old golden
d. She quickly ended the call, her smile turn
far end of the long table. A maid, her hands trem
?" My father's voice was sharp, his eyes glaring at me
satisfied smirk between Josefina and Erina. They l
ife and began spreading jam on a piece of
ng the table was loud enough
y would hav
my head and met his furiou
. I stood up, my chair scraping quietly against the flo
Mr. Sullivan, please have the staff move Erina's and Jo
fork dropping w
nued, "the entire seco
raping back violently. "Abigail! What i
again angrily. "You can't
s gaze with a c
eed says Abigail Sinclair. If you do
nged by my mother before she passed away. When I was eight, I officially inherited everything that
white line. He looked utterly stunned
o
could already hear the commotion starting below-Josefina's shri
edroom door, and dialed t
ndpa
gruff, powerful, and not a
at the hell is happening? I'm reading this damned news, and it sa
ysterious man's name?" I as
im 'the rival,'" he growled.
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