her suitcase down the long gravel driveway of the Gonzal
to school since she was a little girl, was waiting by the wrou
hick with emotion. "Let me drive you one last time
ll, throbbing pain. She forced a brave smil
of cash and pressed it firmly in
avering. "Take care of your grandkids. Sa
uickly before the tears could spill over her eyelas
ntown toward Manhattan. Carolina stared blankly out the window,
mposing stone steps of the
he entrance. He wore a sharp, charcoal bespoke suit. Amidst the casu
-eyed executive assistant, clutching
c wheels of her suitcase clicked loudly
up and down, his gaze lingering briefly on her pa
eeting. He simply ga
case and pulled out a dense, fifty-pa
private VIP antechamber just inside the building. "We have secured a room. You need
olished mahogany table. She flipped through the thick pages. Her eyes caught brutal clauses abo
paragraph on page forty-two. It explicitly requi
ed up at Gerard, her eyes wide with fear,
ded her personal space, his ta
o you want to back out? Should I make a call and have the bank's liquidation team freeze the ho
her throat. She clicked the pen and furiousl
cking the signatures with clinical preci
the small of her back. The physical contact sent a jolt of electricity dowmiling couples, escorted straight into a
erard's presence. He rushed through the s
k of hesitation in his voice. He stared direc
s out. Her voice was barely a whisper
y registry, binding them leg
marriage certificate a
ner pocket of his suit jacket, right over his heart.
yle family, Mrs. B
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