The love within

pte

Afte

s once again thrust in

tary to the CEO of Tomzy Corporation for five years-breaking the

hing out her disheveled clothes, she lifted her chin and fixed Lydia with a piercing glare. "I've met shameless peo

buying a house and a car, and now you two want to take them for yourselves? You think storming into my workpla

y than let you have them. And if you don't back

g for her phone, panic set in. She lunged forward, smacking the phone out of her hand, and spat, "Liste

ame. If the police got involved, they'd be the ones

for the disturbance. I'll handle this matter myself." Without another word to an

n passing through him. Then his gaze swept over the lingerin

the crowd scattered fast

ed to her office and colla

slept with by her boss-only to be accused of seducing him. The she

ound her still crouched on the ground. A mocking

e sky. Cassandra stood by the window, stari

entire day. The office had long since emptied out

no choice but to retu

she drafted a resignation lett

wn terms than to be forc

er best friend, to borrow some money before fi

n ages. Just being near her parents seemed to dissolve

zling sun slowly

breathing in the crisp morning air, her spirits

ly was about to head out for a st

flung the pictures-along with a marriage certificate-straight into her father's fa

turning ice-cold. In the five years she had been with Seth, they

ce of H

from all sides. In this close-knit rural community, relatives and neighbors all liv

snapped, her voice trembling. The crowd was growing by the second, a

so you dare do it but can't own up to it? Let's se

face turned a mottled shade of red and gray, veins bulging at his temples. He glared at his daughter,

head, her voice bar

as solid as steel. "Shut up!" she wanted to scream. She had unwittingly beco

ac

eek swollen and throbbing. Tears streamed down her face as

, his breath hitching. Before he could fi

ad

und. Cassandra's mind was a blur-only one thou

gency surgery-now!" The doctor's urgent wor

's arm, her voice breaking. "Plea

l cost around fifty thousand. You

thou

other Phoebe Wendy's wedding, and in recent years, Cassandra's earnings had all gone

s. "What are we going to do? Where c

face, his voice dripping with venom. "If it weren't for your s

struggling to speak. "I won't let anything happen to D

she turned

ure. Muttering a quick apology, she tried t

fter bumping into me?" a fami

meeting the cold, chiseled face of

ded to find the money, fast. To save her father, she was even prepared to s

I really did

had shifted slightly, revealing a glimpse of red lace beneath. The rapid rise and

to the wall. His voice was rough, laced with something dark

ed to push him away, but

lips, stirring a restless heat within him. His eyes flicked to a ne

rd, crashing into him. Before she could st

uched, she wished the grou

his body roared to life-untamed and urgent. Unable to resist, he flipped her beneath him, tearing at her cl

y. She writhed beneath him, pleading through

esire as he moved relentlessly. "You're the o

money for him..." Her tears fell freely, her breath

sympathy tightening in his chest. He pulled away, yanking his pants back on before

a heart at

voice was low, edged with

to help her, but seeing her so broken

" she stammered bet

His tone r

clothes. Her blouse was missing buttons, leaving her

ged off his jacket and tos

stared at him

rgery," he said flatly, alr