eave the bed, yet his arm was stil

ward, she looked down, reached beneath the pillow for her phone,

too tight. How am I

n. Amused, he gave a quiet scoff

er, Katherine wasted no

uched the floor when her

D and saw a single word

ldn't give

ightly before she rejected t

a moment later, the phone sta

leaving it there, she sent him a message. "I can'

ou can't even pick up when I call? Tell me

doing. Get back here right now! And don't start acting like you'

one by one, and a faint, moc

did need

t in the storage room, and this gave her a p

Katherine sent the rep

. He rested against the headboard an

d on her for a

he asked, his voice stil

er message for him to read. "My

assed through Wya

e Evans family was already desperate to get Katherine

f keeping her there. "I'll have t

at answer. She'd expected hi

n her phone

that Katherine had to look up at him. "You're my wife now. When you're out there, remem

ve him an ob

d into something casual and climbed

d as Wyatt's personal bodyguard and was also

drive her around. Wyatt had clearly s

the Dale estate and made it

ugh the window. Nothing about her expr

ne the mess waiting for

that they were searching for a woman to marry him. Everyone knew the truth

ver one of their daughters for something like that. The E

major investments and shares in several important projects. The moment he

sured most. That was when he remembered Katherine, the mute daughte

Somehow, Katherine had ended up benefiting from t

be regretting

ught a mocking smile

h trouble to arrange all of this. Now sh

the living room felt t

over his face. His wife, Pamela Evans, sat nearby with a

ing a throw pillow so tightly that her

said through gritted teeth. "Now Wyatt's alive, and tha

racks, already fed up

. "The hospital told us he was barely hanging on. How

ngs alone and Katherine gets comfortable as Wyatt's wife, she'll stop list

ether she likes it or not. Without this family behind her, she doesn't have a place with the Dales. Once sh

hter. "Then bring her back! I'

le of a car engine s

the room and announced

aightened himself, putting on the stern ex

in," he

the living room a

d she looked calm and put together. Damian followed a

ced Damian. Whatever insult he had been read

nal tone. "Mr. Evans, Mr. Dale asked me to bring h

ned around, closed the door

no one in the livin

hard expression. "So you finally decided to come home?

typed. "I have no idea. He woke

ou just got lucky, that's all. And don't start thinking you're better than me because you're