viewed her chart. "It's medically reckless," he argued, his voice sharp with anger during a heated phone call she overheard. "Her spine is still stabilizing. A transatlantic flight

s to her a stark warning. "Avoid any stress. I mean it, Dian

nket over her legs. The nurse's eyes were red, and she kept cle

andra a folder filled with medical records and prescriptions. "And you ha

ra said, squeezing the nur

n to reveal a crisp, sunny Swiss morning. She took a deep breath of the cold

t gleaming like obsidian. The driver stepped out, a st

me dark hair and sharp features as Holt, but where Holt's face was hard and angular, this man's was smooth and calculatin

. Her brothe

fer a greeting. He didn't ask how she was feeling. He just stood

gile hope in her chest crumbli

bvious thing in the world. "You've caused enough of a sp

teering her toward the car before she could protest. Brenda stepped back, her expression tig

t across from her in the spacious cabin of the private jet, his attention fixed

spoke. He tossed a manila folder ont

is," he

and a consortium backed by Farmer Industries. There were clauses, sub-clauses, and financial projec

elsi has lost her contract as the face of the Green Earth Initiative. That contract was our

papers, her jaw set. "And t

elations disaster," Nathan snapped. "The media is painting her as a homewrec

ndra said, her voice low and dang

itting here, breathing, complaining. The only thing that's hurt is

ers. "You are going to fix this. You are

ng on the tarmac. They loaded Diandra's wheelchair into th

sense of dread building in her stomach. This

ed up in front of the Waldorf Astoria. The entrance was swarming with photogr

Diandra asked,

ag and a makeup case. "You have forty-five minutes to get re

d, her hands gripping the armrests of

argument. "Holt is there. Chelsi is there. And you are going

tasting like ash in her mouth. "For what

forcing her to look at him. His eyes were cold, empty, devoid of any sibling affection. "You will smile. You w

ition that she had seen in Holt's. These weren't brothers

foreign city with no money and no allies. If she fought no

, her voice flat

atisfied smirk on his face. "

ld, hard calculation that had replaced the fear. He thought he had broken

ogize. But it wouldn't be th