WHISPER A FORBIDDING HEART

ove revealed shiny on the dressed crowd, their laughter all over. She adjusted her dress, the only one s

to save the family business her late father had built from scratch. The Gray family legacy had been her lifeline, h

oom, finally seeing her

ilored to perfection, and his c features seemed carved from stone. But it was his eyes cold, piercing, and unreadable that sent an un

lf the humiliation of approaching a man like Ethan. But the thought of her family's factory doors clo

voice came out steadi

ng over her with a mixture of c

"I run Gray Enterprises. I was hoping I could have a m

dying her like she was some kind of game. The silence stretched un

inally. "Small, family-owned. Strugglin

"That is why I am here. I believe that with your resourc

brow. "And why shou

ay Enterprises has been an influence to this community for years. We don't just manufac

surprise, a small smile glim at the corner of h

t, he said. But boldness alone

m asking for a chance. Give me fifteen minutes to present my proposal. If

unreadable. Then, he gestured toward a side door lea

as short lived. She knew the

he feeling that she was scared . And Ethan Hawthorne was her fe

. This was survival. And s