The Heiress Secret Twins

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ry Ryan, and

bric. My father, Richard Arden, stood before me, his expression cold and unyieldin

ce firm despite the tr

Ryan is a respectable doctor, and his family is well-connect

what this is about? Power? Control? W

moment you disgraced this family with your recklessness

"I haven't done

your little rebellion? Your constant defiance? You go against m

unding in fury. "I would rather die

w. "You will do as I say, or yo

ep in my chest, but I forced myself to keep my chin hig

med out of the office, my fa

door, Celeste, and

dn't

't loo

n of alcohol numbing my raging thoughts. The strobe lights flashed, casting sh

herself into oblivion, but

father's

nged marriage l

what I did, I would ne

the barte

ld grab the glass, a deep

you've ha

ll me what to do. But the words caught in my t

road-sh

hat made him look

undone, revealing a hint of tanned skin. But it was his eyes that

your opinion," I said, my v

"And I don't recall watching someone drown in l

and intrigue. "Do you always go a

like they're trying

htened. He w

know me,"

f spice-flooding my senses. "No, but I know that whatever y

rless laugh. "Yo

abandoned drink. Before I could protest, he tossed

I glare

in the morning,"

hem, knocking me off balance. The stranger's hands

nt, the wo

skin burning where he touched me. His gri

ed. "Who

" he sai

around my name like silk, or the way his gaze held something ra

o think tonight

ned slightly.

odd

n I kis

to the unfamiliar weight

breath caught as I turned and saw Damien lying there, his dark lashes rest

before crashed into

ne. The way he had pulled me against

,

have

lly, I slipped out of the bed, searching for

t the sleeping man as I grabbed

ard Arden's office, the a

ng as Richard's expression darkened while s

of Ce

ng a

h a

ze-at first. But when he zoomed i

w that

o know why she refuses to m

n the phone, his fury bare

casually. "A disgraced

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