Reborn As The Billionaire's Fake Fiancée

calm silence. Chloe let herself be exam

nternal bruising. But the equipment here was top of th

gave nothing away. Called her only "Miss." Deflected every question

as on h

osed her eyes. Gisele and Drake's fac

to fade. Something hard

ot in the barren wreckag

d make t

loe forced herself to swallow every drop.

could walk. Her body

in her room as silen

it up with a news conference. Headline: "Hutc

of theatrical grief. She spoke of he

hand on Gisele's back. He delivered a heartfelt eulogy, v

Nails dug into her palms. Her whole

e snatched the tablet a

he crack of it echoed t

Ashton. "I'm going to the police," she snarled

sion as calm as if he were obs

?" A note o

presence a cold counter

Hutchinsons' legal team can argue that black is white and have a judge sign o

r. Extinguished her rage. L

ht. She wa

, "you are currently on a private, untraceable of

to the floor. The smooth, cool surface did no

d she'd believed in. A joke

a whisper. "Why did you s

her level. For the first time, his dark e

oice a low command. "Tell me how

on. But she had no other cards to play. H

ld him ev

ike an outsider in the Hutchinson home. Gisele's subtle, lifelong campaign

that he'd only ever been interested in the t

the edge. The shock of Drake's hand on her back. The f

Her voice stayed eerily calm. Each word a ston

unreadable mask. But she saw a sharpening in his

hed, the silen

. Looked down a

d. Brutal. "Your kindness and y

se she knew it was the truth. Her own foolishness had gotten h

n her eyes. The flicker of ho

his voice a low, seductive whisper that coi