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y for the better part of an hour, immobili

ght so I could focus on the pile of work ahead of me. My

. None of them included Elora

master of their soul, only to find out they're jus

mily's legacy to unprecedented heights, and install Vanessa –my high school crush whom I finally g

uined tha

aranteed. I only needed Grandpa to of

ince Vanessa and I had this huge fig

, where he was propped up in his motorized wheelchair

it to be busi

a choice to either marry his live-

so suddenly cri

and placing it in th

icitly clear that she was a contractual obligation and nothing more to m

bled into her room drunk and crossed

sed to be a mistake. But it was as if everything a

angover, I wanted to return to that head

dged herself

ed bride and seeing something per

away and refused to ma

fect distraction. Vanessa arrived at the estate with my five-m

o do was weaponize the situation against th

. I gave them all my attention, punishing Elora for making me feel expos

staring blankly at the piece of jewel

long time to get to this point, but I eventu

new house I got them. Then I'd offic

nly announced like she'd been waitin

vo

her, but my head was goi

st walk away the moment I decide I want you. It was quite rude of her to carv

our years to make a

. Grandpa had already given me all my

getting a

dric. My lawyer has alr

The grass on his grave hasn

y why it's tim

ing, Cedr

s put into a trust. I don't get it unless our marriage reaches

n Arthur and me. But I had to do somethin

stay. She was so done with me

ppoi

teen months. They will be utilize

just as my assistant

rise in the city," Kelvin immediately

a Miss Chloe Locke. It app

at the image of the building,

dermere estate for that place, just becau

ack to Kelvin. Then

lready off

bringing the car aro

the desk. I dropped it into the

drop h

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him out of the backseat. He pointed ahead at some

d with an excited ju

took hold of his hand. "You've already made

d his pace, watching his own hand a

e shot hi

That's very

lora!" Jamie

ish processing Jamie's announcement. I quickly se

never I was out of the house for several days due to work. This was th

of long, curly hair, buried a

reall

u'd almost not believe the kind of

was sh

irl her arms were fie