Planning His Wedding, Sleeping In His Bed

Chapter 3 The Only Hope and a Street-Side Standoff

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e swelling on her cheek and stared at her reflection. A stranger stared back

red over the contacts before landing on

sound awful." Quinn's voi

oked sob escaped. "

on my

lawyer's briefcase still in hand. She took one look at Kayde

ith Brook was too raw. She told Quinn about her father, about Patricia's public att

. When Kayden finished, Quinn

y, visitation revoked... that's not how a prison scuffle gets handled. Someone

over Kayden. "S

ght power with procedure. You need more power. Someon

id the name that made

, if he wants something done

His hands. His cool, assessing e

ckly. "Absolutely not.

," Quinn sighed. "But he

screamed at her to find another way. But her father's face kept flashing in he

chest, heavy as a stone. S

dule. His company, Edwards Capital, was holding a press conference

d the bruise on her cheek with concealer and pulled her hair into a tigh

apartment building, two

r and

ct mask of worry, her eyes already glistening. "We were so worr

ked her arm out of Megan'

he protective fiancé. "What the hell is wro

d. "My attitude? You should be ask

laced it. "Don't think I don't know what you were u

Kayden had no intention of making a

"Where are you going?

eaded from behind him. "I'm

ffocating. It wa

, her voice low and clear. "I'm going to meet another man. A

free and walked toward the parking garage, her resolve n

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“At her lavish engagement party, Kayden Reynolds thought she was about to marry the man of her dreams. That was until she hid in a dark lounge and overheard her fiancé, Carter, whispering to her stepsister, Megan. "Once we're married and I control her trust fund, we'll have her doctor falsely advise that carrying a child is too risky. Then you, my love, can give me the real heir." Her world collapsed overnight. Desperate, she traded her body to Carter's ruthless, terrifying cousin, Brook Edwards, for help, only to find herself trapped in his cruel game. Then came the devastating blows: her innocent, imprisoned father was violently attacked and isolated. When she sought comfort at home, her own biological mother violently beat her, screaming that she wished the stepsister was her real daughter. They even demanded Kayden hand over her future firstborn to Megan as compensation. When she refused, Carter blackmailed her with a fabricated, scandalous video of her father, threatening to have him killed in prison if she didn't sign away her entire fortune. Why was everyone she loved trying to destroy her? Her fiancé treated her womb like a disposable tool, her mother treated her like a curse, and her father was being tortured behind bars. Looking at the malicious, triumphant smiles of her fiancé and stepsister, Kayden wiped the blood from her cheek. She would no longer be their victim, even if it meant making a deal with the devil himself to tear their lives apart.”