pulling up to the heavily guarded VIP entrance of

l swallowed by his suit jacket-in his arms. A team

Silas Grey, the chief of medicine, quickly went to work, check

lass wall, watching Elsie wince as the nurse applied antiseptic. H

e room, pulling his st

oft tissue bruising, mild concussion. But her nervous system is

ve known you for a decade, Arthur. I've never seen you s

d it could freeze boiling wat

door open and wa

sitting up against the pillows. She looked pale and exhausted, but the

e of the bed. He placed a sleek,

etailed due diligence report flooded the

the Phillips Group over the last three ye

ath hitched. Fenton hadn't just stolen money; he had mor

d the room, laughing with board members about h

s, blinding hatred. If Arthur hadn't intervened, her

ed. Lee Westo

s are declining across the city. And I've leaked the audio of Belle facilitating the... transactio

veins. She looked up at Arthur, her emotions

e FBI, the market manipulation. This costs m

uine respect in his eyes. He leaned ba

aid smoothly. "I am the primary h

mily. They owned half the financial institut

ation. To unlock the core capital of the trust, I must be marrie

wife who is obedient, who has no powerful backing to cause m

ruined in polite society. You have no

In the eyes of this billionaire, her absolute

on the edge of her bed, leaning over h

put Fenton in a federal prison, but I will give you the ca

ents' crushed car. The memory of Aisha forcing her int

tare of the most powerful man she had eve

mouth twitched upward i

, his voice dropping an octave. "Or unti