My Billionaire Alliance: A Second Chance at Love
ning, I bega
every photograph connect
eenage crushes, from the ghosts of marri
That felt too dram
sent to a distant charity au
emories, one
: Blake Sterling. The
Innovations, his philanthropic ef
a successful one. Th
ted knights was a distant hum, a backgr
, I found them o
arranged on a chaise lounge, a cashmere blan
adjusting
n orange for her,
rom a book of poetry, hi
ingly perfect ta
ell, it seems," I s
ying to her chest. "Oh,
expressions shifting from tende
his tone a warning.
lenty of it," I observed.
orry to be such a burden. I told t
n Liam, then Noah, "perhaps one of you should take her into your own ho
silence
a, how can you be so... so cruel? I know
fense. "She's just suggesting a practica
sensitive, as usual," E
sigh. "Elara, Chloe is our g
. "This is my parents' home. A
me. This was the same
end to," I said, turning to leave.
suite, the air thick with
was a soft
I... I wanted to apologize. If
, innocent. The pi
oe," I said, wa
antique writing desk. "I m
for my pen, s
hrough the air, directly
nvoluntary sound as the
dn't sto
s, arms flailing, and knocked over a tall por
er head against the edge of t
hat are y
from the doorway. Liam and
he floor, a hand to
attered vase, t
clutching m
s streaming. "I just wanted to apol
rushing to Chloe's s
e's head. "She's bleeding. We n
t my arm, bright r
rcelain that had embedded itsel
g, shot up my leg. The b
rld had narr
adling her head, Liam supporting
Elara," Ethan bit o
steps urgent, their voices laced
scent of Earl Grey and shatter
their callous disregard, their instant belief
wever, it did
ified my
he hospital. And then,