Pregnant With The Ruthless CEO's Heir

November wind followed her inside, slicing through the thin fabric of her black t

ses. The scent was sickeningly sweet. It coated the back of her throat li

a didn't care to remember-turned her head. Her eyes

Heads snapped around. Whispers hissed thro

floor. She didn't shrink. She walked to an empty seat in the

s. He wore a custom Tom Ford tuxedo. His hair was perfectly styled. He looked like a

er. The perfect heiress. Th

She watched Axel take Aubrey's delicate hand. He s

. They found the folded piece of paper waiting there. The final notice from Mount Sinai Hospital. She gripped it so

eet. Applause thundered t

turned her head, her eyes cut through the crowd. They bypassed the smiling face

found

o a slow, smug smile. A sil

p leather tote bag, pulled out a half-empty p

, mockin

ew wife's gaze. His

nched so hard Cora could see the muscle ticking from fift

stood up, turned her back o

h the heavy side doors, stepping into the dim, narrow hall

out from t

around her wrist. The

med hard into the stone wall. The breath wa

heaved. He smelled of expensive

sed. His voice vibrated with fury. "Are yo

hand. His knuckles were

oothed the wrinkled fabric of her sleeve, her movem

oul costs these days," she s

ands against the stone wall on either side of her he

t, replaced by a sickening, condescending pity. "Keep your mouth shut. Stay out of my way. I'll set

. He thought he could buy h

e reached up and flicked a crushed white

Julian's life support," she said. Her voice droppe

her brother made his eyes dart

n?" A groomsman's voice

ace. He looked toward the doo

shoved past him, her shoulder clipping hi

ed forward with a black umbrella, but she waved him off. She stepped

. The back entrance,"

re she had held for the last hour finally shattered. Her spine curved. She pulled the

a heavy stone was sitting on her

ed thousan

bill through the slot and ran through the sterile, brightly lit hallw

ation, the head nurse

e's face was grim. Sh

it. She kept her

the administration will cut off Julian's experimental treatm

ormed, making it impossible to speak.

wired by tomorrow m

and pushed open the hea

ulian lay on the bed. He was seventeen, but he looked like a hollowed-out shell.

the bed. She gently picked

But she refused to blink. She didn't have t

hispered, her voice cracking. "I'm g

r pocket. A harsh, jarri

tion from a Hollywood gossip

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profile was sharp, his jawline looking like it could cu

creen. Her thumb hov

Jace. His older, legitimate half-brother. Axel hated him with a burning passion. Bu

low, heavy thud against her rib

t was reckless. It was danger

ration in her eyes was gone. On

pressed her lips to J

me," she

heels clicked against the linoleum floor. The soun