of the

lankly at the marriage certific

how it was s

a marriage license, hold a ceremony, and recite vo

just h

ly did Lia

for your show. I ne

your ID and don't worry, it's just

sun blazed overhead, scorching he

ped one of the certif

ia followed a step b

king at her. "Now we go our separate ways. I'l

thi

st a show." He slid into the cab and

alk, watching the cab disappear

ing realizati

FINITELY G

ic

flash sta

ers stood nearby, cameras raised, snapping

ust left your husband? Can you te

n her direction, blocking

iling another cab with one hand whi

r man. Does your father approve of you jeo

ficate. At the mention of Ronald, she ne

nd gave the cameras a breezy

tilt of her head, the way she almost

fect: a glowing w

rf

city would bel

ding

ng her

wasn't even sure Li

*

in M

the newspaper o

ne screame

glare could've

ed on the sofa, sipping her Ea

the room and retreated to her bedroo

glanced at her father's fumin

lood pressure. A stroke at your

consider poor Margaret-so young, so vibrant. Who's to say she wouldn't explore other options once

ling over, but he forced himself

it looks like.

U D

his gaze without flinching. "I'm well past

INSOL

turned a blind eye to every scandal I've ev

ac

S, and I've let it slide. But now you've embarrassed the whole Martins. If y

U!" Cecilia grabbed her purse and walk

to swoop in, tears glisteni

's arm. "Don't leave like this! Apol

er off with surg

cs for someone who'll actually believe th

ic

me that. You d

CIL

eyes with her father. Her

when he handed you MT Group?" Cecilia's voice turned lethal

darkened like

cold precision in every syllable, "you'

aus

ash

never yours. It was my grandfather

I am a Martin. But that h

She laughed. "

oor s

ally struck, his fists bleeding wh

equal parts stunned a

deadly precision-cruel,

for Cecilia to ev

*

sk had alre

walked the quiet hillside road, mentally calcula

d fearless, but reality had

housand do

io

bled up-hol

x figures on a Birkin without bli

het

his faults, was

tter how much she wanted to torch it all rig

aughter had left her with nothing b

ll-one by one, soaking her

till ended up drenched by the t

mly lit bar. She hesitated, then cr

ould indulge-j