The Ruined Heiress's Dark Contract Marriage

andeliers fractured into a million blinding

She linked her arm through Kelvin's, her chest tight with a fluttery,

um of the string quarte

e through the speakers. Guests flinched, hands flying to co

vin's arm turne

was locked, wide and terrified, on the massiv

e of sight, turning her head just a

over her meticulously painted fac

. The resolution wa

ce flushed red, her ey

her.

cular back. His powerful arms were pinning Elsie

rk's Upper East Side elite stared at the screen, their eyes t

ined. The oxygen va

ab the sleeve of Kelvin's tuxedo jacket. She ne

ntly ripped

revulsion in his eyes was so r

roared, his voice cracking wi

ars spilled over her lashes, draggin

e could barely form the words. "Kelvin, please, I don't remem

hoed through the

age in her designer heels. Her palm connected wit

de. The metallic taste of bloo

m the impact, hitting the red car

the microphone fr

line," Eleanor announced, her voice echoing off the gilde

pushed her way throug

w of fake sympathy. But under the fabric of Elsie's gown, Belle's

r breath was warm a

you are," Belle whispered, her voice

m was nothing compared to the sudden, ho

cousin. This wasn't an ac

sie's bloodstream. She shove

nd threw herself backward, collapsi

turned into vicious shouts. Th

oors of the bal

eir camera flashes exploding like strobe li

ard into her face that the m

r her face. She couldn't

he chaos, pushing past waiters until she hit th

eavy fire exit door and spilled ou

thin seconds, her heavy gown was soak

she hit the wet pavement. She pulled her knees to her che

ive, encrypted series of rapid vibrations

backup phone her fa

ipped the clutch. She stared at the unkn

izing seconds before her thu

her ear. It didn't say hello. It just r

where her parents ha

opped br

voice shredded from crying. "Wh

stated coldly. "It wasn't an accident. The br

dgehammer had just

She didn't feel the sharp gra

ed into the recei

avorite uncle.

d. Just an empty,

torrential rain. The pho

nton taking over the company, his s

st evaporated, instantly replac

lley, a black Maybach sa

In the pitch-black interior, a pair of dark, calcula