rtment. She had rented this place before the "marriag
et windbreaker and threw it
and shoved it into the slot of her battered MacBook. She importe
ed for Fallon Ratcliff's public page. It was a flawless
ing on a table behind Fallon was a limited-edition Hermes Birkin bag. Christi cl
se-tracking to find it. A private a
back to a time she'd glimpsed Fallon's password comb
reen l
. The timeline started a year into Christi's own five-year sham marriage, a bru
tting in Jensen's lap in a hotel room in Paris. Pinned to
ady of the house doesn't need
n broke. This wasn't just an affair. This was a four-year slaug
it across the room. It smashed against the wall. Brown liquid exploded everywher
lling hard at the roots. She was going to send
uld hit the export b
howed an 'Un
orcing her heart rate dow
The man spoke with a thick, old-money
t the photos and sent a crisis management lawyer. "Don't play games with
calmly. "I am calling regarding Brad Davi
ned from her face. Brad and B
ally been the daughter of the Ratcliffs-born on the same day as Fallon Ratcliff-but had been mistakenly switched at the ho
home with them. Yet Fallon Ratcliff looked down upon their social status and even
ope-and under intense pressure from the Ratcliffs-F
gnored Brad David and Beryl Jackson. She hasn'
single-handedly arr
emanded, her voice d
chmidt. He was the eldest son of the David family
n her veins. "If they were billionaires, they wouldn't have give
poverty was part of their cover. The non-
in the hallway outsid
pt toward the door and pressed
dirty hallway. They had earpieces in. They weren't knocking.
ly," Silas said through the phone, anticipating her panic
st the cheap wood of her door
legal heir, a trust fund valued at fifty billion d
y bi
blow. Her mind blanked. That was three times
flicked to the computer screen, looking at Fallon showing off a
ed, her voice shaking. "I need ca
e in your father's will," Silas
actions, Brad David designated a mandatory mari
aped a five-year fake marriage trap. "I'm n
noring her outburst, "is the controlling shar
ked in a sh
ter. Rumors said a car crash left him paralyzed from the waist down,
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