Hayn

ding highway, golden autumn leaves swirling ac

ile my other hand unconsciously drifted u

faint, electric tingle through my nerves. Every time I breathed

Halie asked from the passenger seat

realizing that cutting ties completely feels much lighter than I expecte

ne. Walking around like he owns the world makes me sick,

sion from the confrontation in the city faded co

rests and rolling hills took over the landscape. I glanced at the n

had spent their happiest years. Before their tragic "accidental" deaths, they had drawn

possibly have a

Hamilt

phere was suffocatingly tense. Three senior vice presidents stood trembling thr

y fingers tapping a slow, rhythmic beat against

short, sharp vibration. The screen flashed with t

utive mid-sentence. The entire room went de

ack," Arthur's voice came through, strained with urgency. "Casimer is scramb

tabletop. A lethal gleam flic

n's childhood dream and use it as leverage to drag her back to

?" I asked, my voice dropping

h an offshore holding firm, securing the entire Maple Lake perimeter

ally transferred under Miss Halie's legal na

d slightly, a dark smirk pull

d never allow her to accept a multi-million-dollar estate from me righ

d acquisition to the commercial registry. Let his board of directo

stood,

my chair back, rising to my full height. I

d the remaining reports

oard members, I strode out of the boardroom and

ay toward Maple Lake. I needed

s, the memory of her crying out my name beneath me last night f

igning a contract would let you

s going to use that entire estate to a