, she knew the handwriting belon

had chosen to end her life-then, in cold, flat language, stated

d to a psychiatric hospital for years, barely conscious most days-there was no way she had

cruelly. "Cathryn, doesn't it sting,

r mother had been relatively lucid just days ago when she last visited-yet now her mother suppose

carrying a fortune into her marriage

erty and turned him into the polished, we

dyn, yet he'd never divorced Bettina. He'd stayed married just long enough to keep himself in line to inherit Bettina'

her mother, leaving her mother and her with nothing, and then tossed them aside like trash. What torme

geance. She would drag the truth into the light, make those responsible answer for what they'd done-and she would not let a single cent of her mother's money fall in

Liam, you're just a dumb bitch with nothing to offer, not to speak of your lack of a dipl

technical wall they couldn't break through. If they solved it, the company

pped a single piece of code that sent shockwaves across the industry. Whoever brought Kestrel i

er voice. "I was lucky enough to attend one of Kestrel's lectures while I was studyin

y titans had poured fortunes into tracking down Kestrel i

unreachable to almost everyone. She didn't know him at all, but if bluffing could lock down her p

earby, let out a sh

course, you can't comprehend Kestrel's influence. Anyway, we're divorcing tomorrow. Y

y to his arm, Liam walked

ury. She indeed hadn't gone to school much-she'd been scouted young for a secreti

ng over her. On the screen glowed the string of cod

e legendary Kestrel-was Cathryn herself, hidden in pl

's systems. Just last night, she had completed the final half of the code. She had

could either launch Watson Tech into the stratosphere-or p

Andrew a detailed report on Jorge Brooks's condition. "The nurses overreacted. Finge

as my mistake, Mr. Brooks. I thought your father

solve. "No. Someone deliberately spread word that my fat

muttered, "Then i

d been laying traps for years, waiting for the

ened, his eyes glinting cold

arranging suitable women in your life. If she doesn't act first, Cara wi

. A marriage was the quickest move that could keep Cara from attempting to plant one of her

me," Andrew ordere

blink, Karl q

Andrew muttered, his voice l

drifted through the corridor, dazed and stripped of purpose. By the time she

one hand in his pocket, his sharp profile lit by the steril

ntil the subordinate's voice carried ac

e, her body rigid. A mem

hryn's across the distance. His eyes were

ward Andrew. "I'll send men

s voice was quiet but decisive, hi