he wrinkles around her mouth deepening as she pressed her lips together.

wa

her voice low and danger

tation. He stopped adjusting his cufflinks. "Darling," he said, the endearment soundi

stomach twisted into a knot. She turned her chair slightly, looking away f

agreement signed by Mr. Baron Burnett and myself seven years ago, Exhibit B, Article 4, our marr

uncomfortably in their seats. Some of the junior members exchanged surprised

party is obligated to interfere with the other's personal life, and our personal

he dirty little secret that allowed him to play the devoted husband in public while li

no legal, nor moral, obligation to adopt any 'distant

stant relative'. She let her gaze linge

efore he quickly lowered his head, his shoulders hun

table. "Jagger is a key beneficiary of the family c

or argument. "Before I discovered that there is severe

air. The lawyers started flipping through their

Frances turned her head slightly, giving a

nila folders. She moved quickly around the tab

a file, "the Burnett family needs an heir. However,

e could feel Baron's glare burning throug

ringing with authority, "I have p

face they had never seen before. A young man with dark, seriou

Top grades. Parents were blue-collar workers. No

rent. The exact opposite of the glossy, overly

bling-not with age, but with rage. "Where

s help, and who knows how to be g

orrow. "Gentlemen, please... forgive my wife. The trauma from her accident... it's clearly affecting her judgment." He then turned his gaze to the

as unstable. The mask of the caring husband was st

ed. It was a cold, unfamiliar expression o

" she said. "Selecting an heir for this family w

, heavy and damning. Jagger was

eared his throat. "Estela," he said slowly, "if there are issues

were looking at Jagger with new eyes-eye

ok a deep breath, her chest rising and falling slowly. When s

u have questions about Jagger's background, let's examine them.