The Wife Nobody Wanted
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events of the past few days. Olivia stood at the edge of the property, her breath condensing in the c
he feeling that she was being observed. The parcel with the photograph of Damien Cross had u
ound on the gravel driveway. The security system had been deactivated after Victor'
rk, the only light coming from the moon streaming in through the windows. The air was sweetly
as her destination, but every step was a gamble. She couldn't rid h
e S
d under it, her heart racing as she stepped inside the room. It was in chaos-papers scattered across
the hidden compartment she'd discovered the previous day
" she murmured,
d been written: He found out. The words sent shivers down
he bloodstain. As she did, her hand brushed against something cas a
ht. It was small and unremarkable, but there
r?" she murmured, letting t
Base
akes of the Harrington family's past. Olivia descended the stairs, the beam of her flas
scanning the room. The key ha
he corner. The cabinet itself was covered in dust, but t
he fitted the key. It turned in the lock
in red ink: CONFIDENTIAL. She pulled them out, he
ffshore accounts, and names she didn't reco
tor had known about Damien.
e ramifications, a noise on
tst
plunged into darkness. Her heart pounding, she cro
companied by the faint creak of
onfro
eping across the room. Olivia held her breath, her bodhere," a voice calle
cold. It was Nich
narrowing. Nicholas stood at the bottom of the sta
ed, his voice disdainful. "Y
were spinning. She
smash echoing through the basement. Nicholas spun around to
dart out from behind the cabine
uted, his footsteps
eart pounding in her chest. But Nicholas was faster. He grabbed her
eamed, attempting to st
ink you can waltz in here and take what's ou
el connecting with his shin. Nicholas cursed, his hol
ragged gasps. Nicholas was hard on her heels,
Es
ront door. But before she could reach it, Nicholas tackled
nywhere," he snarle
r nails clawing at h
clenched. But before he could str
's en
ze, their heads snapping tow
r arms crossed and her expressi
" Nicholas protested, his
," Helena repeated
shoving her away as he stood. Olivia sc
Olivia. "You're in over your head," she sneered, her voice
ened. "What are yo
into a sneer. "More
s, her mind racing. She knew she was outnum
erself, her voice steady even as
creased. "Oh, it'
Afte
had taken from the basement. Her encounter with Nicholas and Helena had sh
kly. The accounts were complex, but one thing was for su
s was right in
her hand, and she start
gerous game. Stop now
nknown, but the
d racing. She was in over her head
out the truth-no