esitate. She leaned across the wide leath
f of Houston's dark suit jacket. She tilted
glad. I left a terrible place, and now
trace beneath the heavy cedar of the car interior-a faint scent of cheap soap an
let go. Her fingers tightened on his sleeve, and he
His breathing stopped completely for a full second. No w
Since we are going to be legally married, we should
head gently against his shoulder. Sh
it jacket. A tight, unfamiliar knot formed in the center of his chest. He looked down at the top of
t push h
smiled against his jacket and rubbed her cheek
red. "But it feels safe. Safer tha
Houston dropped ten degrees. A dark, vi
ted his shoulder down just a fraction of an inch,
wn, pulling to a stop
car," Hous
oked out the window. "Aren't we going t
er cheek. The corner of his mouth twitched upward, a moveme
e. Houston stepped out into the night air. H
nd in his. His palm was cool, but his grip was absolute
one steps of City Hall. Ho
der. Aiden Foster's eyes widened to the size of saucers when he saw Houston Vand
t the folder. "The prenuptial agreement,
et division clauses. The document essentially transferred a massive portion of the Vanderbilt liquid assets and real estate
take? You're giving me everything. You g
unreadable mask. "My life isn't worth much.
his cold, beautiful face and saw the
ok the pen Aiden offered and signed her name at the bottom
ture dry. A dark satisfac
ng her through the heavy
s looked up. When they recognized the man walking across t
on, then at the woman holding his hand, and physically stumbled over his own fe
d, bowing so low his tie brushed
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