The Billionaire's Medicine: His Silent Obsession

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on lipstick, her mouth open in a grotesque 'O' shape. The interior of the car smelled of exp

unded like a pistol hammer cocking in the quiet cabin. "Your father left a mess. A cra

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k. They were winding up a road that felt less like a driveway and more like a

. The words tasted like bile. "Th

sing. She looked at Bella the way a butcher l

ler name is dust. We lose the house. We lose the accounts. I end up o

to her neck. Through the rain-slicked windshield, a massive iron gate loomed. I

oor on Bella's side was yanked open. The wind howled

didn't look at Bella. She w

ately into the mud. Cold water seeped through the fabric, chilling her toes. The driver

r window was already rolling

around and vanished down the winding road. Bella stood alone. The rain soaked through her thin

n the stone pi

mechanical v

acked. She cleared her throat a

al grinding on metal echoed through the

n in a pristine black tuxedo stood under a massive black umbre

new the name from the briefing

ooked Bella up and down, his gaze lingering on her soaked hair and

w," he

ag. Bella grabbed the handle of her suitcase and dragged it. The whe

stopp

sudden that Bella flinched. He r

carried more weight than a scream. "In this house, Miss M

s, a frantic bird trapped in a cage. She looked past him, up at the spr

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se, straining her muscles to keep it off