uiet and gentle. She saw Chloe sitting up, her face pale b
me water, honey?"
her voice raspy. She reached for th
water sloshed over her fingers, turning the skin an angry red. She didn't make
e screen lit up with a name: Laura Van
pain through her incision. She cleared her throat and answered,
etness. "We were all so worried. When you didn't show up for the board meeting this morning, we
cy," Chloe stated flatly
Montgomery was extremely displeased with your unprofessionalism. Your absence nearly der
less laugh escaped Chloe's lips. The knuckles of the hand holding the phone turn
oe was done
calm. "Tell him not to bother. Just have your assistant type
of the line. Laura stammered, completely th
e hu
e deeper, more deliberate. The pain was a sharp, ground
eared. "I have an unusual request. I need
s of dizziness from the blood loss, Chloe logged into her personal ema
uld walk away with next to nothing. A small, one-time payment that wouldn't even cover a year's rent in a decent New Yo
her lips. He though
e address of one of New York's most exclusive real estate agencie
modern apartment in a discreet building, one that valued priv
ress Centurion Card. The "black card." It had no official spending limit. It was meant for family exp
il
he payment portal. She was not just putting a deposit on an a
ately. Chloe replied, her fingers flying across the keyboard, requesting the earlies
she opened a blank document. Th
nd devoid of any emotion. It was the
looked at Chloe, who was pale and clearly in pain, yet work
fork and began to eat the tasteless, lukewa
e battle against Julian Montgomery IV a
dustries stock ticker flashed green, showing a significant gain. And there he was. Julian. On
man who had left her to bleed out on the floor, and she felt
d switched off the TV, plun
ialed the one person she knew she c
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