Sold to a Dead Man, I Became a Billionaire's Heiress

the coffee table. The sound was a

gn

hick finger at the papers. "The Cooper family has prom

e weight of the numbe

to honor the engagement to th

his is your only chance to repay us for the year

n't forget we picked you up from that

ed only in the obituaries of financial newspapers was now her "fiancé." She pushed up the non-prescrip

rifted to

by the curb, its windows reflectin

ssing her stepsister, Megan Shaw. Megan's

ched rain slide down a window-detached, bored

smoothed her messy clothes, a smug, flushed s

ely raised her hand, showing off the diamond ring o

the diamond caught the light. "Donovan and I are gettin

as if Ava were a dangerous animal. "Hurry

cing at Ava. "Has she agreed yet?" he asked

"Sister, marrying a dead man is a blessing for you. At least the Coopers a

They all expected te

l

oing through the living room. Ava

g her cheek, tears insta

never seen Ava fight back like this. Richa

t looked at him, her voice

in mid-air. He thou

quietly, but each word landed with deliberate we

ed a quick, triumphant glance with Megan.

e eyes sweeping over each of

rrow, we go to City Hall and file the paperwork to officially terminate the adoption.

satisfaction on his face tw

reamed. "We raised yo

don't agree. Then you can figure out how to f

ard the stairs, and let

looked at Donovan and Megan, a desperate calculati

teeth, Richard squeezed o

h curved into a smirk no one could see. She picked up the

d up the stairs without a backward glance, leaving the s

small room, shutting out th

d watched the Buick pull aw

ncrypted phone and sent a text m

need a