ating for a brief moment before dialing the Don's number

as sharp, as if he had already

half of Mr. Xavier. He's agreed to marry your daughter,

le

When it came, the Don's voice was meas

vier believes she's

musement. "Strange. When I made the offer, I expec

"Does that mea

rica is not. Claire is my only daughter." His wor

-

xpression carefully neutral. Xavier, rev

?" he

Don has made his stance clear. Erica isn't his da

mained calm. He leaned back in his chair,

re to himself than Nile. "It's about control. T

ier-the one outlining Claire's scandals. Wild. Reckl

up his mess," Xavier m

nt, watching Xav

"Legitimate daughter or not, if I'm fulfilling my prom

ile suppli

of his fingers. "I don't get forced into

his eyes said it all-thi

-

ecutive Loung

, her arms crossed as she watched the bustling city below. From the 20th

or. "The investors from the Arlon Group are in the con

verything she needed to close the deal. The hotel's expansion project-a vision she'd nurtured for two years

heels clicking against the marble floor. The three investo

, extending a firm hand to

ing her with an almost patronizing smile. "You've built quite an empire for someone

er. "If there were, he'd

Daley chuckled, raising his hands in surr

e expansion was officially underway. Erica shook

he. One more step forward. The hotel was her life's work, born from ambition and

Her term