fairy tales anymore. She beli
ice like cracking glass. "I have no money, no allies, and my name is mud in this city. But you, R
ark and unreadable crossed Rob's face. His brow furr
ith diamonds and devotion. How had that vibrant child become this ghost? What
ilence. "The contract is airtight. Twelve months. After one year, you announce the
focatin
the sharp lines of her face. She was a stranger to him now. This wasn't just a "fragile
nd he was her only life raft. A jarring realization hit him: if he turned her away
ve office became a physical weight, crushing the air from Ch
rely audible. "I shouldn't have come. I
gar; she still had her pride, even if it was the only thing she ha
d of Des
t a diff
g Chloe dead in her tracks. She froze, her h
gant finger toward the chair
watched, breathless, as Rob Stark picked up the ten-
rrr
, devouring the contract until it
ed five years in a madhouse; she could survive a 'no' from a billionaire. She clenched her fists, her eyes hardening into flin
final time, ready to
timate
get m
ow. She gasped, her hand catching the
get ma
her fake engagement only to demand something far more permane
ing, her eyes wide with shock. "A... a f
g the predatory glint in his eyes. He didn't
ngerous, possessive silk. "Not a contract
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