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

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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 c

as a

ht. It was small and unremarkable, but there

r?" she murmured, letting t

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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 bod

here," 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