The Silent Bride's Dangerous Billionaire Escape
um of silence and leather. The tinted windows tur
slid up with a soft whir. He picked up a tablet, his thumb scrolling through a document. He looked co
ckles were white. The adrenaline was fading, leaving behind a cold, shaking clarity. She h
tion. She couldn't just be a
a of speaking, of forcing sound past the lock in her throat, was n
oss the screen. She opened a notes app and typed
d a h
e, stark. She held t
ook up immediately. He finished reading the paragraph,
e said. One
She laid out the information she had memorized from the encrypted board
e is holding out to force a marriage alliance. I know where she hide
n unchanging. Then he looked at Gracelyn. There was a
he said, handing the phone back
ch dropped. She
apped around her again. "However," he said softly, "I do need a wife.
ece of real estate. "You're quiet. You're desperate. And
partition. "
ed, making a
e skyrocketed.
to mouth, but th
said, returning to his tablet. "You
s humming. Marcus was already there, standing beside a severe-looking woman with a briefcase. There was no
n's thin soles. It was the least romantic moment of her life, and yet, when Constantine took her hand to slide a pl
voice was steady. A
red, the sound swallowe
celyn Montgomery-Durham. Th
the tarmac. The night air
g. He turned away from Gracelyn, taking a few steps
was
as talking to the pilot. Th
d the paper. The certificate was her shield against
e crouched down. Then, using the cov
oved fast, keeping her head down. Gracelyn reached into her bag and clicked the button o
above the entrance
sprinted in her stocking feet, the cold grit of the tarmac biting into her soles. She sli
onstantine ended the
beside him
she's gone. The came
aw the high heels abandoned on the pavement. He walked over and picke
ry. The corner of
e block?" Marcus asked
ack of the car. "Let her run. She thinks that piece o
the dashboard. A red dot was blinking on th
ne said calmly. "Pick her up at C