ooth stop in front of a completely unm

hitting the pristine pavement. She felt entirely out of place, clutc

pletely empty. Jarrod had clearly bought out

down on the dark leather sofa, crossing his long l

oss from him. Her stomach was

steaming black coffee on the table, and vanish

slow sip, his dark eyes locked onto

e couldn't take the pressure anymore. "What do you

up down. "I want

p, definitive clink. Her eyes narrowed into a razor-sharp glare, assessing the billionaire sitting across from her as if he were a completely unhinged ps

cket and laid it on the table. "This is a bu

before my thirtieth birthday to assume majori

d kill for that ring," Kassie shot back, her heart po

her jaw and the shape of her nose. For two full seconds, he stared at her

ng back into place. He looked away. "B

e. Her bloo

bandoning the standard protocols when they failed, and relying on instinct to execute a forbidden, highly cla

ow and calculating. "That wasn't something a public clinic do

he would find out she was 'E', the underground surgeon the

, forcing her voice to stay flat. "

o his briefcase and slid a thick stac

aintain the marriage for two years. In exchange, I w

ared at t

thal. "I will use the Holt family resources to ensur

ach churn with disgust and fear. The financial numbers on the page we

idea of tying herself to this ruthless billionaire

ack toward him. "I need t

platinum Rolex. "You h

erupted outside the thick

antly drained from her face, leaving her as pa