surd procreation contract. Her emotions were a tangled mess of humilia

to move her luggage. The destination was the third floor of t

n the pair of canary cufflinks. She decided to leave that s

was cold and impersonal, much like the rest of the ma

is Mr. Barrett's medical file,

This was her

or the first time. "Mr. Barrett has a 'most beloved woman' in his he

art. A warning and a reminder. She gave a cold smil

ong look, said not

opened the medical file. She was a h

Starvation." He desperately craved human warmth and contact, but the psychological trauma made

sed him chronic insomnia and anxiety, which he ma

"rejection." A bold plan formed in her mind. Hi

The door to the adjacent balcony was open. Barrett

arrett spun around, his c

ny, his brow furrowed instantly, his eyes fi

ed her glass of red wine to him in a t

garette, turned, and went back into his room, slam

She had decided to

ent for breakfast to coincide with Barrett's. As sh

d timing perfectly, her body fa

ly, Barrett reache

her arm, he recoiled as if electrocuted,

ps. But her goal was achieved-she had perso

" Chloe said, looking up at hi

face pale, he walked quickly out of the dining room, as i

in the first-floor living room. She kne

cked a book off a tabl

ng documents, looked up,

ed dizziness, her body swaying. Her hand instinctively reached for the

bly, brushed against th