was up, sealing Amaris and Cristian in a soundproof bu

ckery of the bride she was supposed to be. Her fingers found the diamond ring on

a word. He just pressed a cold bott

open it, her phone buzzed violently on the sea

the decline button, but some pathetic,

eaker, raw with fury. "You made a complete fool of me! The Hoffm

inst her ear. "What about Jalyn?" she forced

now. I'll handle the press. You'll issue a statement citing a sudden personal health crisis. Blame it on

fraying, the coldness in her chest sprea

ped down from the top of her sc

in a sterile hospital corridor, his arms wrapped tightly around a fragile-looking Jalyn Brandt. H

d: Hoffman Heir Dump

Elijah look at her like that. Not once in two ye

ipped from her numb fingers, c

ce drifting up from the carpet. "Are you

lently, and pressed the red end-call but

anced at the screen, his jaw tightening. When he loo

," he said, his voice cutt

him, her vision

is tone brutally matter-of-fact. "And your assets are in danger. If

ater. Elijah was vindictive. He would puni

binding marriage agreement. It protects you from your mother, from Hoffman

her. She was a shark, notorious for his lack of feeli

gle, sharp jerk o

Ten minutes later, they were standing in the e

but a lone clerk was waiting, his face carefully bla

reach was

badly the tip scratched across the paper,

s. His palm was still burning hot, his grip steady and firm.

ned. He

with a heavy thud. The sound echoe

ly and slipping it into his breast pocket. He

nt tomorrow," he said

her fingers. She was a married

s she knew