impersonal as if he were loo
. Without a word, he picked up a small vial and a glass of
hite with black lette
is voice was a low ru
m. This composure was new, forged in betrayal. The old Chloe would have
something-curiosity, perhaps-passing thro
hesitation, she put it in her mouth and swal
surprise him even more. The sc
on the nightstand, Chloe lifted her
ntimidating presence. "Aren't yo
gged by my dear stepsister, Kaitlyn Haye
ween them. He had expected tears, denia
was her co
n't just want her dead; they wanted to destroy her. She knew
ng was a name that even David and Arthur spoke with c
eded a
acious idea
swung them over the side of the bed and stood. The silk shirt she
e had to tilt her head back to meet his gaze. A cold knot tightened
terling.
icy composure. He looked at her as if she
heir depths. "Do you have any idea what you're saying?
s to have me drugged and thrown into another
nd you... you ruined me. Don't you thi
ound that didn't reach his eyes. "Responsibility
't faze her. This
pment project," she stated, her voice cool. "Marry me, the sole h
that s
from Arthur and make the Hayes fam
nation he had never seen. He looked at her, truly looked at her for the first
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