sington estate in Long Island. Julian slammed on the brakes, the ti
Finch, the elderly butler, opened the heavy oak doors and bowed.
ring fireplace. She held a delicate porcelain teacup, her sha
seal," he demanded, his voice echoing off the wood-paneled walls. "I
saucer with a loud clink. "You trap a bankrupt girl, force a child upon
aw tight, his eyes flashing with dark, vola
u are losing your mind, Julian. I will not let you drag this family's reputat
snapped her fingers. "Sh
y were former Navy SEALs, the estate's elite security team. They moved in a coo
he first guard reached out to grab his shoulder, Julian did not throw a punch. Instead, he s
voice echoing off the high ceili
at the stone fireplace. It shattered into a thousand jagged pieces, the loud crash making the guards flinch. He flipped a heavy oak coffee table, sen
tackling him toward the wall. Julian stumbled back, his hand slamming down on the br
stick against the floorboard
He wiped the blood from his split lip with the back of his wrist.
I will sever the corporate funding to this estat
to the Manhattan penthouse. He smelled of
was on, casting a warm, yellow glow. Chloe was s
ge him, to see the physical toll of the battle he had just fought for her, gripped his chest. He rested his hand on
He wanted her to ask what happened
m the page. Her gaze swept over his bruised jaw and the
blank as glass. She looked at his bleeding han
one hand, pinched the corner of the page, and turned it.
Julian harder than the guard
ling, hollow emptiness in the face of her silence. A profound sense of power
re tonight," he asked, his voice cracking with a raw, unfamiliar desperation he couldn't
r side of the bed, and reached out to click off the lamp. She
and into a tight fist. The pain flared, but it was n
single armchair in the corner of the room and collapsed into it. He sat i
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