crawled signature, and a look of mi

our relationship," Andrew s

. She was just as eager to keep things hidden. After al

his gaze. "A

to stay?" she asked

her. Already planning to stay th

ies, appeared from the shadows. He was the

id, "She will be the mistress of

way, ma'am," Gavin said, tr

a place meant for someone else. This man seemed to have planned to marry another woman. S

liking, ma'am?" Gavin asked a

s walls adorned with paintings. It

to believe these aren't the real thing. Mr. Brooks mu

very painting here belonged to the original artist, and each canvas could buy a small island. Still, he hel

ck Cathryn. "What exact

sk him directly?" Gavin ans

eyebrows. Tight

od before slipping qu

p resting on the desk. She powered it on and dove

, had once worn a soldier's uniform before carvin

rom a brain hemorrhage and now lay in Olekgan Hosp

s father long ago and been cast out of the country,

t son, Andrew Brooks, born to his first

verseas had scarred Andrew's face bey

ll in his teens, the child of Jorge's se

had truly been scarred and left crippled, then the man she was about to wed couldn't possibly be him. Nick was nothing more than a teenager, only sixteen. It wasn't h

eone like her future husband-important enough to open doors but not s

o hours. The moment her head touched t

-face streaked with blood, eyes wi

her cheek. Grabbing her phone, she saw dozen

thryn, you can't keep avoiding the divorce! Liam doesn't love you. He b

listen up. Jordyn and I are currently outside the co

and open the path toward marrying into the Brooks family. Yet, she hadn't expected

n to find Gavin, holding a white dress draped neatly over his arm.

ccepted the dress. "Please con

again. For someone of her future spouse's stature, his attention to detail was surprising. If the

ging her figure as if it had been sewn with her alone in mind.

d out and flagged down the first taxi she saw, determ

paced restlessly, scanning the crowd,

thryn stepped out. The white dress d

o cut straight through a person. Those eyes shimmered, carrying the fragile glow of

ipped by with barely a second look in her direction-Jordyn had held his ga

er beauty. It was a fragile kind of beauty, pure

claiming her. If not for Jordyn hogging him so much that he had no energy for another woma

rel." Jordyn caught the shift in his eyes and

All at once, Cathryn's beauty seemed to fade into the background. Connections mattered more than looks. Only Jordyn could gi