don't understand. My family is bankrupt. The Melto

wer with a key he pulled from his pocket, and took out a thick document. It

desk and slid it t

e opened the cover. The bold lette

TIAL A

___________ and __

mind reeling. "Prenuptial?

g no room for argument. He pressed a button on his desk intercom. "Get my legal team on a

his eyes off Ariel. "Fill in the party names. Holden Tillman and Ariel Melto

page. The terms were stark,

Tillman's fiancée. And, when th

s for her mother's surgery. She would live at Serenity Estate, u

No romance. No physical relationship. It could be

from under her. She looked up at the man s

You could have any woman in New

ust has been pressuring me to marry. They want a stable, settled heir to secure the famil

ho is easy to control. A woman with no money, no family,

ped a beat at the

ed, his voice flat. "And I find

using her just as much as she was using

ent. "Sign it, and your mother's surgery is scheduled for tomorro

t offer comfort. It was a choice between t

dn't know was offeri

and heavy in her hand. She leaned over the

curred in the room. Holden's eyes glinted w

rawer. Then, he opened another drawer and pulled

a Swiss private bank. Payable t

five hundred th

the number, unable to process it. "

ing the weather. "Any further expenses for her recovery and rehabilitation are t

peo

spine. Before she could respond, Ho

personally. And effective immediately, Miss Melton's se

y's voice crackled

sk again, stopping right in front of her. This time, there

out hi

e," he said, his voice low

cably groomed. Taking it meant stepping into a world she

d in his. His grip

u," she s

ment longer than necessary, his dark eyes searc