Signed As Yours

n LA's richest part but the Dillard's estate was a whole other country. It a

ching the car for each stop we made, I see why dad didn't both

ck dress greeted us at the door "Miss Avery, you're wel

large door to the long dining table, everyone was already seated. At least almost everyone, Jeffrey and Michael, Kane's brother's were seated beside each other staring at m

as Mrs. Julia showed us our sets right opposite the boys who haven't so much as smiled at me

t I hadn't heard in years "Well

my unsmiling boys, they haven't seen a pretty girl since they

ng wrong. Dad also kept his smile plastered on his

e was smaller than I

e would have to pay for keeping his father waiti

he mention of Kane, I couldn't let t

on't know why I felt

ce girl, thank you. I hope you'll l

ed in his throat as he walked in. His

s tailored to his muscles, they rippled as he dragged out his chair at t

t we were not strangers, he knows my father, there's no way high-class businessmen aren't aware of their counterparts and he knows

inner started "No table manners this oh" he faced my dad "

gly agreed. He was good at s

the second brother, said. According to the media, he was more reserved, I spent the whole

Kane's unofficial engagement" I almost dropped my spoon at the Chairman's revelatio

't saying, over the years after my dad kept choosing work over me and everything I did kept being a disappoint

s Kane, if I wasn't clear enough, you and Av

d "Congratulations bro, this wine tastes much better" he was laughing or t

re poison, dad's face was still and my hands were trembling. They shou

chairman replied flippantly like he did not just tell

aughing now and Jeffrey

?" Kane punctuated e

y legacy, I think Brendan would be up for the jo

st pushed the plates in front of him to the ground, threw a chopstick

her" Jeffrey finally s

s face was neutral. I had to speak to Kane, he shouldn't give in,

was large and I didn't know where I was going, I just kept following my hea

the wall, his left hand in his pocke

e he was not interested in talking. "Here to offer yoursel

t. No matter how much he hated this marriage, I hated

to stop myself from crying, my words choked out

ound?" Kane threw the cigarette butt in the sand "Don'