The Ruthless Heir's Five Million Bride

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hield wipers shrieked against the glass, smearing the heavy downpour rather than clearing it. It was 2:00

The headlights cut through the sheets o

ams hit some

ed. The Honda hydroplaned, the chassis shuddering violently be

her ribs, the frantic thu

ionless on the pavement, half

eat and grabbed the small canister of pepper spray she boug

in instantly soaked through her thin waitress

cautious st

he shape resolved into a man. He was face down, wearing a d

rling with dark, heavy ribbons of crimson. The blood was pouring from a ho

throat. Her stomach

needed to get back in the

e asphalt, a massive, ice-cold

l clamps wrapped

aw. She aimed the pepper spray directly at his

o his side. He for

terrifyingly sharp. Even bleeding out in the gutter, his

When he spoke, his voice

call th

trying to break his

into her skin, bruisi

ng war!" she yelled over the thun

nkingly into he

illion

lips, but they hit Elsie with

mil

t wasn't just money. It was Ethan's asthma medication. I

she tasted copper. She looked left.

pepper spray

. She shoved her arms under his massive armpit

her muscles burning a

st her frail shoulders. They stumbled through the m

backseat. His blood instantly soa

printed to the driver's s

a air freshener, expensive cedarw

into the underground parking garag

shallow and ragged. She threw his arm over her shoulder, avoiding the b

ry step felt like

As they passed Mrs. Brenda's door, t

out on the back

the peeling wallpaper. She held her breath, her chest pressed ag

le

her keys, her hands shaking so badly she droppe

edroom and dumped him onto

t-aid kit, and rushed back. She took a pair of sc

peroxide directly

bdominal muscles locked tight, veins po

ck square of gauz

was a predator. Even uncon

d over her. She couldn't jus

She opened the bottom drawer of her nightstand and pulled out a handful o

around his skin and the rusted iron bars of the headboard,

ed. She picked up Ethan's aluminum baseball bat, gripped it with both hands