scrutinizing glares. She sat down in a solitary arm

attack, throwing a newspaper onto the coffee table. The h

wouldn't I come back?"

the peacemaker. "Charles, calm down. C

stobal, her eyes red-rimmed as if sh

ow you blame me. But Cristobal and I are truly in love. Please, just let us be happ

ed her sympathetic looks from so

ve? Was that on the garden terrace during my engagement party, or was

th bare. Stella'

o Stella's defense. "Chandler!

you know best," Chandler's gaze

ardless of how it happened, this is the situation n

that the breakup was a misunderstanding and accept C

d in, accusing Chandler of

knives, but Chandler's

sweeping over these so-

th the Hudsons, and my money," she s

her voice was not loud, but it carried to every

nt from her clutch-a digi

all the assets my mother left me, including all the profits thos

's expression changed. Her uncl

ad all "borrowed" fund

ding my shares in the Turner Group, I will be hiring a profes

ly business entirely, a move that would destab

are!" Charles s

out fear. "We'll see who dares more-

your engagement. Oh, and by the way, you should probably get re

eaction, she turned and

nk you can do without the Turner name? You can't handle a ma

She turned back, a brillian

uncle. After all, my bones