table, staring at the l

ope was unmistakable. Law Offices of Martin & D

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s a copy of your late father's will. You may already be aware of his various business ventures, particularly his ownership of H

the full understanding that, in accordance with the terms of the will, you forfeit all rights to you

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swer was already there, buried deep in the

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real.. but in the real sense, had been a product of their fami

beyond anything she'd

her father's empire. And her father had made it cry

of sacrifice, all of it could slip thr

onto the table, her pu

he do this to

, a man she had always admired, had orches

rried off as part of a deal. But

awn, just as much as she had been

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ars to stay at bay. She had to thin

d. She glanced

around her. It was Attorney Edward and

trying to make sense o

brain, taunting her, pulling h

just had to see him, just had to confront him

as standing in front of t

ifted through the thin w

stomach turn. The laughter.. sounded

d for the doorknob, but her hand trembled so

beneath her. What if she was imagining thing

, the sound of a man's voice, low and intimate, followed

sn't imagining it. She wasn

en just enough to peer inside, her pulse

e her stomach dr

d beside him, her best friend, Celine, the one

ispered in her ear. Her lips were smeared with lipstick, her dress barely covering her. And Liam.. h

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