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t I stood my ground. Caroline rushed toward me, her manicured finge

out of the spotlight! Are you insane? Do you want the

perfectly rigid. "We already are," I

ew feet away, Julian shot me a lethal

th ahead. To the Beaumonts, I had al

. This marriage was supposed to be my sole contribution. Now, Harrison's public aband

rk's elite, I gathered the heavy silk of

y entirely. I headed directly for the grand doors of th

son's mother watched me with a cold, appraisin

er stare until she looked away. From th

brass handles of the door, a

ris

ssed since the call, the prospect of losing a billion-dollar merger had clearly outweighed his need

heaved as if he had sprinted through the lobby. His face was a mask of p

ctant clung to his suit, mingling sickeningly with

by one. My voice came out perfectly

r me again. "This is about our fam

lips. "The moment you chose another woman over me, leaving me

by selfish justification. "I told you, Vicky got hu

g me? My family is currently blaming me for ruining their business deal. Your little

Beaumonts were surging through the tables,

the alliance, yet his body physically shrank back at the sight o

ned to ash. I had thought I loved a man, on

voice was a

grip, opening h

ed my free hand and slappe

a gunshot, instantly silen

k, his blue eyes wide with

tated coldly. "For the

f his shock, I yan

on Carlisle, we owe

shriek and my brother's furious roar. I pushed open th