viewed her chart. "It's medically reckless," he argued, his voice sharp with anger during a heated phone call she overheard. "Her spine is still stabilizing. A transatlantic flight
s to her a stark warning. "Avoid any stress. I mean it, Dian
nket over her legs. The nurse's eyes were red, and she kept cle
andra a folder filled with medical records and prescriptions. "And you ha
ra said, squeezing the nur
n to reveal a crisp, sunny Swiss morning. She took a deep breath of the cold
t gleaming like obsidian. The driver stepped out, a st
me dark hair and sharp features as Holt, but where Holt's face was hard and angular, this man's was smooth and calculatin
. Her brothe
fer a greeting. He didn't ask how she was feeling. He just stood
gile hope in her chest crumbli
bvious thing in the world. "You've caused enough of a sp
teering her toward the car before she could protest. Brenda stepped back, her expression tig
t across from her in the spacious cabin of the private jet, his attention fixed
spoke. He tossed a manila folder ont
is," he
and a consortium backed by Farmer Industries. There were clauses, sub-clauses, and financial projec
elsi has lost her contract as the face of the Green Earth Initiative. That contract was our
papers, her jaw set. "And t
elations disaster," Nathan snapped. "The media is painting her as a homewrec
ndra said, her voice low and dang
itting here, breathing, complaining. The only thing that's hurt is
ers. "You are going to fix this. You are
ng on the tarmac. They loaded Diandra's wheelchair into th
sense of dread building in her stomach. This
ed up in front of the Waldorf Astoria. The entrance was swarming with photogr
Diandra asked,
ag and a makeup case. "You have forty-five minutes to get re
d, her hands gripping the armrests of
argument. "Holt is there. Chelsi is there. And you are going
tasting like ash in her mouth. "For what
forcing her to look at him. His eyes were cold, empty, devoid of any sibling affection. "You will smile. You w
ition that she had seen in Holt's. These weren't brothers
foreign city with no money and no allies. If she fought no
, her voice flat
atisfied smirk on his face. "
ld, hard calculation that had replaced the fear. He thought he had broken
ogize. But it wouldn't be th
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