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us mouth, pushed a thick stack of papers ac

The terms are...unconventional. You're waiving your claim to all shared propert

. The black ink was star

before my eyes. The thought-Bonnie will be happier with him-was like swallowing shards of glass. I felt th

for a child who already saw me

the heavy

provided, I s

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ed that name in my hea

nodded grimly, placing them inside a simple ma

ner, I took the envelo

a. The house was empty. They were probably s

ht to the kitchen, where Mrs. S

see me with a suitcase and a

ow you'd be stopping by.

t. "I have an important document that needs to reach Braxton. When he

ut the e

ook it carefully. "Of course, ma'am. I'll make s

I appreciate everythin

e back to the front door, stepped out into the a

xton returned home with

the foyer, the envelope he

Mrs. Ayers stopped by earlier. She lef

r, turning it over in his hands. Andrea had been here

to open it when

it up with D

s voice softening.

ft concern and gentle urgency. "I think Bonnie might have

he envelope vanis

said, his voice shar

e hall console table and strod

m an afternoon of excitement, not from a fever. Danika was s

"I'm sorry. I must have overreacte

d by a wave of gratitude. He appreciat

his voice warm. "Thank yo

t lasted for three hours. By the time it was over, dinner was ready, an

hesitated, remembering Andrea's urgent tone. But the Alpha had obviously

, she picked it up. She would pu

the study filled with archived file

ining the dissolution of a fated bond

r cartridges, disappearing into th