rtment. She had rented this place before the "marriag

et windbreaker and threw it

and shoved it into the slot of her battered MacBook. She importe

ed for Fallon Ratcliff's public page. It was a flawless

ing on a table behind Fallon was a limited-edition Hermes Birkin bag. Christi cl

se-tracking to find it. A private a

back to a time she'd glimpsed Fallon's password comb

reen l

. The timeline started a year into Christi's own five-year sham marriage, a bru

tting in Jensen's lap in a hotel room in Paris. Pinned to

ady of the house doesn't need

n broke. This wasn't just an affair. This was a four-year slaug

it across the room. It smashed against the wall. Brown liquid exploded everywher

lling hard at the roots. She was going to send

uld hit the export b

howed an 'Un

orcing her heart rate dow

The man spoke with a thick, old-money

t the photos and sent a crisis management lawyer. "Don't play games with

calmly. "I am calling regarding Brad Davi

ned from her face. Brad and B

ally been the daughter of the Ratcliffs-born on the same day as Fallon Ratcliff-but had been mistakenly switched at the ho

home with them. Yet Fallon Ratcliff looked down upon their social status and even

ope-and under intense pressure from the Ratcliffs-F

gnored Brad David and Beryl Jackson. She hasn'

single-handedly arr

emanded, her voice d

chmidt. He was the eldest son of the David family

n her veins. "If they were billionaires, they wouldn't have give

poverty was part of their cover. The non-

in the hallway outsid

pt toward the door and pressed

dirty hallway. They had earpieces in. They weren't knocking.

ly," Silas said through the phone, anticipating her panic

st the cheap wood of her door

legal heir, a trust fund valued at fifty billion d

y bi

blow. Her mind blanked. That was three times

flicked to the computer screen, looking at Fallon showing off a

ed, her voice shaking. "I need ca

e in your father's will," Silas

actions, Brad David designated a mandatory mari

aped a five-year fake marriage trap. "I'm n

noring her outburst, "is the controlling shar

ked in a sh

ter. Rumors said a car crash left him paralyzed from the waist down,