The Heiress Reclaimed: A Guardian's Reckoning

ising as we drove home from the hospital.

s blurring past. My body ached with a p

ve a family, Ethan," I said

n bloodline, Elara. My own heirs

y money, my connection

was a bi

the subject abruptly. "She's askin

d, but I nodded. T

pale but triumphant. A bouquet of expensive lilies

aced with an undercurrent of malice. "Th

were full of a possessive gleam as she looked fr

nothing,

ng out to pat my hand with her cold fingers. "We're

Chloe, once "recovered," became a constant presence. Ethan

special meals, complaining about the no

fetch me a glass of wate

lukewarm. Could yo

none of it. Or perh

d tell me in private. "She's been t

o days away. The fin

the one funded entirely by my former fortune, was on the verge

ncilman, Michael Donaghue, a man known fo

an fumed, pacing the living room. "

that charity gala tonight. The Mayor's Annual Ball. Donaghue will be

d. I knew Donagh

't thi

his eyes hard. "This contract could make

Always

her face. "Elara, you should wear that new dress Ethan bou

han. He wouldn

Ethan mumbled. "See what

eant. My reputation, my dignit

my voice devoid of