ace was absolute, broken only by the ragge
ure, but the cold, immovable iron
er beneath her designer hemline, her throat constricting as a
.. Uncle
, not a single trace of f
r branch of the family to toss around generational titles in public
eatrical anger, but with the casual indiff
tective perimeter of his shadow, the final
cl
primary lineage frequently held senior rank over distant cousins of the exact same age. Rhett was her cousin-uncle-a senior elder by blood despite being only a few yea
rifted downward toward the stone floor, where Jordy had backed against the
r as he tried to scramble to his feet. "I'm Jordy Norton... Meridian Capital. I'm engaged to Ke
e French doors, adjusting his wire-rimm
es ago, Stone Holdings has initiated the total and immediate liquidation of its short-term liquidity facilit
blood draining from his face u
ility? No... wait, you can't do that over a misundersta
pitying smile that d
on the marble. "Mr. Rhett holds the Chairman's unreserved proxy across every capital
tatement hit Jordy li
an's perso
gendary, invisible phantom who ru
t heaving in shallow, hyperventilating gasps as his entire world, his car
ned his hollow, horr
gging. She wa
dowbrook, looking down at him with an expression of cold, detached b
ing tracks through her foundation, fully aware that her father's firm
m. They had ceased to exist the mome
h, lethal planes of his face softening into an
harmed, Mis
ing, feeling the steady heat of his p
y and unapologetic. "I had the situatio
d, a ghost of a low chuck
her leather-gloved fingers. He did not care about the dozens of society ey
othly toward the interior pavili
wn the wide, marble-lined private corridor, his
eled walls, parting like water before them, bowing their heads in silent, awe-s
y stopped and released her hand. His thumb lingered for half a second,
aristocratic face close enough that Ivy could
low baritone vibrating directly against her ear, "do not waste your energ
ythm against her ribs, but she held her groun
lm, mocking smi
r the perform
the deliberate use of the nickname, his lips curving int
for a fraction of a second before meeting her eyes. "Though you should know, my intervention
g firmly back into place as the heavy, electr
aid quickly, stepping into th
he VIP parking exit, her riding boots stri
resting casually in his trouser pockets, watching the retreati
ntly beside his shoulder, h
Capital has cleared the desk, sir. Sh
where she had vanished, a dark, completely capti
resume is permanently flagged across every financial desk in the
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