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,000. That's how much her father's surgery would c
iss? Your ord
arista's. She'd been working at this coffee shop for three year
walked toward the corner table where a
lack coffee. Same cold, blank expression that mad
billionaire CEO of Knight Corp, voted "Most Eligible Bachelor in New
. Just drank his coffee and typed on his lap
lacing the cup down. "Blac
the sass. Sue her. She wa
for the first time in months. Cold,
use
" She tur
ri
from her phone. It was Dr. R
"But we need a decision by tomorrow.
g on it, Dr. Reynolds. I promi
If you can't pay by Friday, we'll have to move him out of
her like a pun
'll find i
th tears. She couldn't cry here. No
tray and found Christia
she snapped
was low, smooth, like dar
ne of your
said. Two hundred
aw. "I said it's no
ed his laptop.
. "Right. And I'm th
ser
aires play, but I'm not interested. I'm not some charity c
flickered in his cold eyes. Am
rity," he said.
ve anything
afé felt much smaller. At six-foot-three, he t
inked.
You'll live with me, attend events with me, play the role of m
ertain she'd mishear
l upfront. You can sav
t was a trick. It
d have any woman you want. Sup
His lips curved into a cruel smile. "You just
rty
ex. No romance. Ju
s. Her father's life. Thirty days wi
s the
is scent-cedar and something else. Something dangerous
handle
paper from his pocket. A contract. "
eath c
oon as you sign." He placed a pen on the contract. "What's it
t her phone, where a picture of her father in th
ked up
her name with a shaking hand. "I'm not do
each his eyes. "And just so we're clear... for
fore she could react.
our new life,
an with a scar across his face. "Well, well. If it isn't the great Christian Knight. I heard you were loo
ria's hand tightened
t in the
? Who
he car!"
n, Mrs. Knight. Tell your new
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