ally escorted Aria from the cold north wing toward the heart of the mansion. His s
umble. "She is... protective of her position
rstood the complex web of family politics she had just stepped into.
e doors. Theodore gestured to the one on the
ed the door
bedroom and more like a shrine. Or a private, high-end medical faci
nking machines, was a large, advanced medical bed. A
e stillness, he was breathtakingly handsome. He had sharp, aristocratic features, a strong jawline shadowed with a day's wor
a deep well of sorrow. "The doctors say there is no brain a
ther. His eyes were pleading. "The fortune tellers, the mystics my wife used to consult... they all spoke of a 'lif
his wasn't just a cold transaction for him
softly behind him, leaving her alone in
bathroom, and a bedroom with a four-poster bed. But it felt cold and empty. She took a quick, hot shower, letting the wa
ghtgown and, despite herself, found she was drawn back into Hadley's room.
in the dim light. "You're causing a lot of troub
once. Her eyelids felt as heavy as lead. She looked at the massive, empty space on the king-siz
in the quiet room. "You're not exactly using it. And you'
ng under her weight. The sheets were cool and smelled faintly of him-a clean, subtle
on won. She was sound asleep
long time. The only sound was th
Sinclair's eyes ope
focused. They were sharp, intelligent,
. He had been awa
. He had heard his grandfather's pathetic, grasping hope. He
rom the Rust Belt who had just called h
ad on the pillow, the movement so slight i
o the defiant, sharp-tongued girl he'd heard challenging Vivian and T
the intrusion, contempt for his family's pathetic scheme, an
ios
ster? And what was s
d oblivion. But his mind was racing, a storm of calcul
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