grand living room and down a long, dark
r and expensive cigar smoke. The walls were lined wi
g next to a massive oak desk was a man in a sharp
or. She crossed her arms
er voice shook, but she forced herself
er. She nodded at
k document on the desk. The cover page read: P
d tone. "This agreement is designed to protect the asse
rests? My only interest is not being treated l
w. For a fraction of a second, a flicker of surprise cro
Let us discuss the reality
in manila folder from t
ora read aloud. "Darren Williams. Former security guard. Unemploy
throat. Her blood ran cold. Th
n debt on a mortgage they cannot afford," Eleonora continued, her voi
d. This was her family's deepest shame. The crushing weight
tossed it onto the desk. "We
open to a page marked with a yellow
of the child, a fifty million dollar trust will be created for the infant, managed by the Wilkinson Family Foundation. As the child
d to the
e in full. We will retain a top-tier legal team to sue your father's former employer
spoke was a bomb deton
iven a knife straight into it. She could walk away and protect her own pride. But if
e searched his face for a
w, his hands clasped behind his b
o her. It was the first full s
void of warmth. "After the election is over, and the child is born, we will file for a quiet divorce citin
porate merger. He was buying a year
ct. It was a transaction. A
ere shaking so violently she could barely pick
hands from scrubbing floors. She thought of
nful breath. She flip
iams, she pressed the pen to
e, she saw Eleonora's lips
pers away and slid them
the lawyer said. "Now, please allow
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