Viper's Kiss: A Billionaire's Reckoning

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private lounge moments a

Ryan Miller hovered behind her, a smug

miliated me. My

e last word lik

vous Mr. Henderson, w

... well, the Vanderbil

off with a

," she declared, a strange, f

placing a comforting h

perhaps Alex is

ne, a flicker o

r expression shifting. It w

nder pressure. Maybe you felt

ing to recl

he' s nobody. Her family is

erately trying to please Jess,

t was grand, a partnership of equal

d me to

rs are signed, Alex," my father said, mate

ous about the devia

to rectify this...

then to Ryan, whose hand was no

derstanding," I sa

re, their faces a mixtur

, my father summon

?" he asked, his voice so

, I had been deeply attracted

, claiming she needed her freedom, that o

the real re

mitted. "But

isn't about love, Alex.

't force anyone into a marriage, n

back then, perhaps so much

into the study, unannounced.

wkward, almo

thinking. Perhaps... perhaps th

ed an

of her old confidence returning. "And Pete

hen dropped h

can continue my relationship with Ryan. Openly. It' s a mode

s if presenting a bril

ife you want on your arm. I