yed up all night, staring at the ceiling, thinking about her plans. Concealer covered the dark circles under her
ad just showered, his clothes impeccably dressed. Beside him sat
rlaced his fingers, fingertips touching, a mocking smile p
ather chairs facing the desk and sat down, cr
ross the desk. "Mrs. Neves, my client wishes to expedite the proc
ine, filled with legal jargon, but the numbers w
you are not entitled to any assets that Mr. Neves accumulated during the ma
ze swept over the terms. No a
with three months of temporary assistance as a gesture of goodwill, p
ella, you haven't worked in ten years. What are you planning to
onsidering the current situation, th
he man for whom she had cooked, dressed him every morning, and managed his obsessiv
n this," she
vanished. "Wh
the folder. "I don't want your three mont
ice hardened. "The prenuptial ag
had stumbled upon a photo that sent a shiver down her spine. At the time, she'd dismissed it as a strange angle, a trick of light. Now, she unde
to look. His face i
there too; she had just turned eighteen and was wearing a dress that was far
e on, they sl
et this?" Conrad
ganizing the family photo album last year, I thou
turned pale. "Mr
sharply, but his jaw was cle
p with my sister...then the board of directors of the Neves Group probably won't approve of the CEO havin
rad roared, slamming his fist
wn. "You've taken up ten years of my life. You've humili
wyer, who shook his head slightly, almost imperceptibly. The
" Conrad asked thr
se," Est
blinked
rty in need of repair," only to abandon it after a weekend. "Transfer the title deed to me. Includ
laugh. "That piece of junk? It's a bottomless p
Estel
of the agreement, then scribbled his name across it forcefully. "Take it. It's
e, and then picked up the folder. She didn't look at him as she walked ou
a dilapidated, useless
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