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ension please." I pl

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ed and I exhaled he

nths ago and I've barely

ng Mr Walker for an extension and he had been kind enough t

too, if I

four hours." He said before handing

row or find somewhere else to live, but with no money in my bank ac

, I had nowhere to go but I would figure

rs later, looking around my apartment, I saw

nknown number, hesitantly, I answered t

please?" I heard a male voice as

this i

he estate of Edward Langston." He announced like I was

low." I told him, v

diately. Mr. Langston has passed awa

nk you have the w

she married your father she changed it to Rivers, a

m's maiden name from her family which she never

do you know that?"I a

estions but if you come to m

o admit, I was really curious to

oney for a flig

our email, with details of where you'll go once you land and I expec

y heart was racing wildly. This had to

the next morning and my n

take on, it wasn't like what I was used to, back

irport, trying to hail a cab when a sl

iver asked as he rol

es

bring you." He told me, I remembered t

mmediately. I wished the car ride lasted longer

, I wasn't sure why I was here but something told me

a different world. The receptionist led me to a grand conference

tarted, greeting me

derson, please

eat that was opposite him, my pulse pounding

your inhe

ght myself, hesitating before picking it up, "Y

melia Langston and she was the daughter of Edward Langston, the

off, "My mother never men

here was no link between my mum and this man, not one, so I was havin

ause she had disobeyed her father and marrie

at means I'm not his granddaughter and I ha

heir relationship before she passed, Mr Langston still con

, this was a lot t

sked him, things like these

w if it was a price

tched, "Straight to th

tire fortune, his estates, stocks, businesses and

my spit, "

n interrupted me, "th

sharply, "

I was willing to pay the price for

Jaxon King wit

ce descended

ad to be living under a rock if yo

tell me he was joking and this was

ke, right?"

e you, i

y stand to gain from

ades, Mr. Langston wanted to end that feud. His will states that if you do not marry Dominic within the g

to marry some rich stranger in hopes of ending a

is cor

e a sick joke, "And what if I don't want anything? What

n didn't change, "That

I stood up and left the office, m

neighbourhood was supposed to be cal

was i

ridiculou

me stranger just because a

thought abou

ndlord banging on my door, my fridge that was practically em

billion

bout to walk a

ed across the street, but as I started walking down the bloc

I turned a corner,

crawled u

y just a coinc

p the pace and sure en

, someone was

entered a coffee shop, watching throu

hell w

ather's will put a

tment, my nerves had calmed down

come at any mo

aled shakily, pressing my

on my way home, maybe I was overreacting, maybe it was

the lights

packed my things in had been torn open, clothes were

t in sharp gasps as I t

en I s

glass in blood-red ink, "MARRY HIM OR

someone wanted me to marry Jaxon King and they were willi