Owen

sive real estate project on the south ba

ke way for a gleaming new development. But one property, a single, ivy-cover

anor w

ous allies and circling vultures. I was a child, passed between relatives who saw me as a meal ticket. By the time I turned ei

itable. I left it for the strays, a quiet sanc

y parked outside when their men showed up with a co

made Liam Hewitt an

then threatening. They trespassed, va

mily wouldn't accept our relationship. He wasn't a named partner in the Hewitt Corporation. Liam controlled everything. I k

Liam's car. I threw paint on his men. I became a tho

finally worked, that Liam had agreed to pause the project. He promised that once we

ar. To build his career, he

n't about his career. It was about

so eagerly invited me to move in with her. Her parents' two-bed

through the fog of my

t, walks around, and opens my door. He glances at the two in the back, his exp

d, angry look before pulling a

unbuckle my seatbelt, he doesn't hesitate. In o

dden weightlessness makes me instinc

his voice a raw shout. His shock and anger

down the fabric of my dress. A slow, calm smile s

ne steps toward the front door, c

and cold, pierces throug

shing my ear as he speaks, his voice

n playing

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