more powerful than us. They practically control the entire city, and Derek's set to take over everything. He's never been particularly fond of Lverton, though. Whenever he had
opped her eyes, careful not to
ad suddenly
ccessor to one of Lverton'
y been a temporary escape fr
ed, and neither wanted to take responsibility for her. Soon afterward, her aunt passed away. She
had traveled to Lverton o
had been
ght her any clos
hat she discovered he was en
ettle. His family had already arranged for him t
she had simply been someone w
omething about Der
n pulled her bac
st seems somewhat hard to
s, his circumstances aren't the same as ours. He isn't married, bu
so distracted that she failed to notice the slight
three years, and Derek
ddenly, a woman's voice interrupted from his
yet? Do you seriously have to act like this every time you ta
ed to Braden's c
rest a hand on Braden's shoulder. With a playful smile, Ch
ooked back at Allison, his face relaxed. "Baby, Chloe and the others are going to West
hat she wanted to say, Chloe slipped an arm around
Allison turned her a
izing her clothes, she retrieved the cord bracelet he
age was engr
and
she had been involved in a car crash. She had survived the
an end to whatever feeling
me nineteen-year-
n changed absol
fter only three encounters again and giving
had left her
.
ed off, Derek returned to his
traight to his study. On the desk st
Rylie Dale had been etched
erek remained motio
larity between them. Braden's young gir
ars, memories of her ref
r of losing her continued to haunt hi
birthmark stretched across half her face. Despite her r
idence to approach him and confess her feelings. He co
ld you be m
spend on her appearance. Still, there had been unmistakable
ularly interested him during that period, but somehow, she had managed to make him
ecause I'm paying your school
't been
y how to use people to his advantage. Wealth and influence
nodded before answering, "I don't mind. Even if you're a ter
ntrolling personality hardly made him an ideal partner, yet he had
ried so hard to
tably handle. Even with tears in her eyes, she would press her lips toge
accommodate him didn't m
d about being left behind. Eventually, she persuaded him to mak
iece was notic
ip, almost as if the little figure contained a piece of he
olen for just one month. Instead, his attachm
over his life. Having repeatedly postponed his origi
't a go
ces throughout the thr
death certificate, his
when she was
roperly define the feel
peaceful sleep had become impo
e appeared to h
ld be another s
ng tip of his cigarette between his fingers. Th
mpossible to bear, he found himself searching
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