The Diplomat's Payback: Dumped, Framed, And Married Up

sharp creak. A thick, sweet scent hung in the ai

d out to her adopted sister, Danna Mille

you needed a change of

darkness, she tripped over someth

shot through her

ot and unyielding-latched onto her ank

ed out as she fought to break free. The stranger

ver you want." The voice that an

leg, her voice sh

lea. Instead, he lift

rs, her protest lost in the heated kis

the man finally wore himself ou

e rumpled bed, steadying her breat

d pieces scattered across the floor and dress

d her mind for a fleeting second. But

plomat, any hint of scandal would destroy everything

would never accept a daughter wh

ore than her reputation. Her place within the fa

priority was to get thr

os and turn herself int

hands into tight fists, her nails pressing painfully into her skin. Sh

, Kiera slipped out of the hotel in silence, carefully

as gone, Danna emerged from wherever she had b

.

earing through one red light after another

guarding her virginity for twenty years, it h

nd she clenched the steering wheel harder

ssage Danna had sent earlier, and a

e truth pressed in on her. Danna stood at th

il she reached home, where the

e walked past her fiance's room and froze, ca

ed with his clothes half undone, playing with himself as he spoke in

era like ice, leaving her rooted in place as shock hollowe

the Miller fortune is in my hands, I'll leave her and make you m

record button on her phone an

and spoke in a cold, even tone. "Oliver, w

Oliver stiffen. He tried t

ed up to him and delivered a s

aid, her voice cold and unyielding as she took a step back.

f fate let her find out, right before the wedding, that the man sh

he dropped to his knees and pleaded, "Kiera, please, I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking

and mucus, and whatever charm he

very word? You've been plotting for an entire year to steal

through Kiera's chest, leav

She arranged his return as general manager, gave him the best resources s

e had raised was a

away untouched." Kiera's voice dropped, edged with fury. Her fingers

d stepped into her path. "If you're angry, th

ing pain settled deep in her chest. Only now did she fe

if she knew that everything you have now

cruelty of her words made Oliver's

u! Don't act like money gives you the right to judge what we have. You

word out, Kiera struck him aga

the slap sent Oliver crashing to the floor, and a red,

ched his cheek, unable to process t

thing I gave you, why didn't you refuse then? You gl

r hand against his face with open contempt

away untouched? If you dared to scheme against me, then b

looked down at him as she warned, "I don't care what you think or how you feel.

lve as mercy meant to protect the Miller family's reputation. Re

ra did not bother h

om without looking back. Left alone, Kiera

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