Beneath The Billionaire Vow

turning again

disbelief. His bets, once confident and calculated, were now reckless. His pile o

other hand,

. Amuse

ing the amber liquid in his glass,

l the shift

en my father losses, someone

sed through my body, unex

eady myself, but the sensation only worsened.

feeling

e leaned in closer, his lips bru

e feeling I experienced 10 years ago

smooth as silk. "Join me on the balcony. We

et recovered from the sho

didn't buy

his tone sharper than before, you c

ening. "Why? are you scared she m

uneasy in his eyes. "Don't be ridiculou

ou address her as you

inside Mike. A wave of thoug

r to nothing more than a pawn, a to

d dangerously close to the surface, but he f

ry about," Mike said, standin

is hand gentl

moment before slippin

Raymond had no cho

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my flushed skin the mom

y myself, but it did little to ease t

y, the neon lights painting the streets

tting down two glasses of

, watching me over the r

ing the silence. "Why do yo

wn glass but

emotions in check,"

lightly, intrigued. "I

den liquid in my glass. "People t

htened aroun

at I wo

rl who had once smiled so easily, who had on

ore than a ghost of t

moment, we were both l

placed my glass back on the

imply

wasn't

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of Raymon

the atmospher

't my father who w

as M

calculated, eve

minute. His frustration had turned into desperation,

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was beginn

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glass, but before I could take another

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ad dropped for

me was

urned to lo

lips sent a chi

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eyes that made

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was not just ghost but Avery, t

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" I muttered, m

he had lost. There is no point

g him away, his shoulder

ame to turn again e in this manner,

op us from tak

smile on his lips as we disapp

me was

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ce. My eyes immediately landed on the hospital bed in the center of the room, where J

sure Raymond and his daughter pay for what the

nod. "He's stable. The drugs are wearing off, but i

tening, just

. But the world b

as pl

a strode in, her heels click

press believe that Jerry drowned

e. "That's a story only he gets to hear.

know, one day, all this secrecy

ply walked past her, he

ide, my right-hand man,

e asked, getting s

to create another opportunity. This time, I want Avery

into a smirk. "Dealt

tapped agai

t the only way to save him is for Avery to me

brow. "And i

goes to th

e's expression shift. "And if she does th

f she

as guilty as her

a moment before noddi

ve, I closed his ey

High

l I onc

od on the other side

, I was going to f

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my glass when the door creaked open. My mother, Ele

aymond Highborn and his daughter," she sa

d how exactly did yo

ays." She took a step closer,

ar that girl. She's dangerous, just like her father. You sh

ith a thud. "You don't get to dictate my l

d, her lips pressi

of my office," I continued

rply. Without another word, she turned on her heels and lef

l she had her plans wit

while standing at the

repared for what