The Billionaire's Mistaken Bride

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ther barked, slapping

y should I? I did nothing wrong. She did,

se to accept your mistake, you won't eat any

Mom

off sharply. "Your mother is dead

was

wn my cheeks. What had I done to deserve this kind of life?

was smiling,slow, cruel, and satisfi

d not

ouldn't defend me,he never did. Instead, he would accuse me of

, swallowing my pa

*

uthor

nst it, Skyle buried her face in her hands, her shoulders shaking as the sobs finally broke f

ter, her p

t the screen

breath, Skyle a

warm and familiar. "Hey, Sky. I was just

Skyle repl

gain. "No, you're not. I can hear it in your voice." She sighed

s all i

dam

ach ached from hunger. How Ava had walked in, snatched the cup from her hands, and poured the hot tea over

e," Skyle whispered.

a. How she had been ordered to apologize for something she hadn't done. How the slap came next. And then th

ished, Skyle's voic

gently. "I'm so sorry. You

n't alone and that things wouldn't always be this way. Then, after a

ng for another staff. Someone to help attend to customers who

istened

y pay, you can take care of yourself. You won't have

something stirred inside Sk

o that?," Sky

firmly. "Come tomorrow. I'll

even though Clara couldn't see h

iling. For the first time in a long while, she allowed herself to

*

nder Bl

s already full w

d talking i

ng my cufflinks as the screen lit up with figure

" Victor said carefu

A failing company. Poor management. To

ce," he continued. "Financial

condition

s a brie

age arra

nterest. Marriage alliances weren't unusual

aughter?

y acknowledged. Ed

was e

outcomes. The Hale Group would stabilize within

said, closi

ed. The tension dissolv

concerned, the m