sheets, drowning the c
s soaked to the bone on the doorstep, but the birthday cake she
supposed to marry Joshua Cl
s the door cracked open, the sight inside slammed all the air from her lungs. Joshua lounged on the vel
im! Kis
ing filled the air
d eyes with Jos
ach cheer. As the crowd's voices swelled, the
shoved the door wide ope
the room snapp
s arms, immediately shrank back, p
he cake to Joshua. "I picked this up from your favorite bak
next second, the cake slipped from his limp fingers and hit the floor with
inch. His gaze wa
ted in Dani
had begged the head baker for days, trading
and too smug. "Don't take it the wrong way
and slid closer to Joshua. "I brought a cak
he-shelf fruit concoction, the kind anyone could grab last min
fore she could speak, he turned to Bella with a gratefu
hanging at Bella's neck. She had given Joshua that n
ice as Daniela probed. "W
Daniela." His words sliced through the air, cold and impatient. "What's your pr
ush sent her stumb
she almost laughed
id nec
t might shield the person she loved. She had handed it over with
r vision, thick
e, Bella tilted her head, signa
h, almost gentle. "You don't look so great,
n her cheeks as she rose to her feet and wal
.. still hanging on like that? She's honestly pathetic," some
h, "Joshua, aren't you worried she'
obsessed. She wants to marry me so bad it's made her delusiona
laughter echoing
d her fists and stepped
k luxury car pull
umbrella in hand. "Miss Stewart," he said, a touch of worry i
on, she blinked up a
Joshua. Your parents... they didn't tell anyone who you were, not because
tears, refusing to let t
h the Stewart name-an heiress by blo
nstead of reaping her family's legacy, she had buried herself in work, grindi
arned him every accolade. Now, she was even on the cusp of clinching a deal between his
r delivery stayed ice-cold. "I must've been out o
in silence. In two weeks, we're supposed to walk down the aisle. If my memory serves, Serene Hospital is still under S
with the Aurora Pharmaceuticals partnership as planned. But the cha
o tore it all away. In no time, he would understand what it meant to