The Billion-Dollar Secret

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mother's hold, frowning in n

t in a warning tone.

cene, so I turned around and wa

nd again. "Please don't do this to me. He's a good man. His name

u just called me a murderer. You just... Oh, my God! Mom, you should know just how mu

what this

I still don't believe it's real even after witnessing it, and now you're trying to sell

em to come pick you up, remember?" She squeezed my

you, Ciara," David said as he saw us, snaking his arms

if I was a child refusing to have her meal or something way more trivial than me refusing to get married to someone, alm

ood man, Arya

arry him as planned, th

iages are done for the sake of business, you know. Jaxon was t

unce of mirth. "That's where it all lie

signaling for him to give us some privacy. "Even a child wouldn't

s what was wrong with them. How could they have gone so far in their

is family will do everything for you, including sorting out your brother's bills. Isn't that something you should be thinking about? You should know I would never drag you into

nd his family were willing to keep my brother alive, I immediately saw no harm in trying. My brother was the

citement of my mother, I nodded. "

ut I knew when to identity an arrogant person when

as as arrogant

ind enough to offer were arriving not too late f

his wristwatch, a sign that he could be some

be there as much as he also didn't, but I didn

give you as some form of peace offering f

ked at the plate in front of me, "

hair, looking at me with raised brows. "

somewhere else right now," I replied, and as soon as I said those words, I regretted them immediately. It had slipped my mind

as if in doubt of my words.

thing like that to me on a date. Not even your st

ld im

the fact that he wasn't as much of a big shot a

t bankrupt, right?" He que

rd." I

e?" He frowned, suspi

family are willing to pay his medical bills and expenses," I finally admitted t

mmented, and I watched his ey

te if you have somewhere to go. I don't want to

one of them. It was nice sitting here and talking about mundane things, but that's it. I would like you to know that this is not going to be a regular thing; not e

ade up my mind – I was no

ter looking at the caller ID and seeing

after picking up the phone, I h

ther is d