na's

und the sheets as I stru

ether I had heard him correct

g that, and his cold, flawless featur

understand what he was thinking. "Mr. Morgan, I do

e stretched across the East Coast, and his family controlled an empir

werful families had spent year

six years. I was also the crazy woman who had drunkenly kissed him at a family banque

is temple had stood out, and his breathing had become s

ident was already more mercy than I deserved. S

I thought I saw something shift in his dark eyes, but i

s face. When he finally spoke, his

ssure on me lately. You're attractive, you have a respectable background, and your medical

understand how the Morgan family operates. I won't hav

replied without hesitation. "Ev

ready break up?" Aidan a

his words. "How did yo

looking at me, open disdain evident in his eyes. "He even made a bet over it. The prize was a limited-edition Ferrari. He claimed th

s I listened. Disgust slow

He had always be

uld act as though the breakup meant nothing an

breakup as though he had finally been released from a b

tightened ar

t. I was grieving for the woman who

I had spent the best of those years lovi

my nails pressed into my palms. Th

w I could not refuse. "If you become my wife, you'll have access to everything the Morgan family can provid

is voice carried a dangerous allure. "I

l sil

who had been pushed into a corner like me c

lm. "Then tell me one thing. How long would this marri

hat, Aidan's expression

s." Aidan's gaze hardened as he looked at me. "T

at

ld spend the rest of my li

ain, his voice was slightly gentler than before. "Still, our situation is special. If

oked

Lucas and let him make a fool of you in front of everyone, or you can become

w Lucas walking away from me at the altar, and t

itation in them earlier was go