bodyguards, Elissa was marched straight into a private VIP elevator and taken to the top

head of the long table, a biometric registry scanner and two thick legal folders res

t waiving all assets, and a top-tier NDA stripping your right

on the top page, then planted both

I don'

l screen flickered to life, showing live footage of a children's rare-disease clinic in Boston-the facility

whipped her head toward Kurt

picable

he Montblanc pen into her hand. "Sign, or watch thos

he bottom of both contracts. Before she could drop the pen, Kurt grabbed her left hand and pressed her thumb and index finger flat

flashed in green let

rash. "From this second on, you are Mrs. Stewart. J

mbled inside pressing both hands to her forehead, bright red blo

sobbed, collapsing toward

hit the floor, his brow furrowing hard as he

at Elissa. "I caught her in the stairwell before your men got inside-I only wanted

of that Brooklyn apartment less than an hour ago, she hadn't had a single scratch on

-" Elissa

in his blue eyes. "Not only are you shameless, you're

ing Alysia against his shirt, every bit of fight drained out of her throat. She let out a

Your good daughter is at my law firm after committing as

o his arms and strode out of the co

private security team stormed into the office carrying heavy nylon restraint straps. Wrenching Elissa's arms behind her back, they bound her w

e have permission to break your legs," the t

lay curled in the pitch-black corner, shivering uncontrollab

here her mother had been locked away before her death. She knew the gate before the van had eve