ya's, a fierce glint in them

t his gaze, but she felt like she was st

the rumors about him were not ex

, "I only agreed to be your wife because Of your family's inves

he hospital that important to you? You'd rather

Now my mother is critically ill and unconscious. If she wakes up to see her lif

y of getting her hands on hun

es family was her onl

world of the wealthy. It was a world that was dazzling a

s to be an intern

at least it was free from the scheming

it was t

self?" Brennan as

dmitted, "Theoret

h, Brennan interjected, "

beneath the surface at

ap back, but Brennan's haughty deme

h, masking her frustration with a fake smile.

pushing her buttons, making her feel a

ing her frustration would o

eminding herself that she was simply like an empl

g Brennan's scolding was a small p

dare to "fire" her under t

e upper hand in

sincere smile and told Brennan, "If you have any

aback by Freya's u

pect, realizing that this woman w

interest in finding him a wife. He was certain tha

the matter thoroughly,

feeling awkward in the silence, appro

are that her loose collar had slipped down. Brennan couldn

you doing?" Brennan

eya was taken aback by B

d into hers, and he

baffled by Brenn

n himself, so he grabbed her by the arm an

ng?" Freya asked,

lay your part as my nominal wife," Brennan warned. "Don't e

in her face, leaving Freya reeling

ddenly dawned on her that Brennan thou

furious. How dare he eve