tment building. She wore a simple but professional navy-blue sheat
older man in a perfectly tailored suit, with silver hair and a ramrod-straight po
alm, his eyes sharp and intelligent. There w
of the city completely. Hayes didn't pry or make small talk. He simply offered her a
nto a private road, passed through two sets of imposing security gates, and came to a stop
e in magazines, but they hadn't captured the sh
lit library. He gestured for her to sit in a leather armchair
s was her only advantage. "Why am I here? Why
question, Miss Castillo. We have a proposal for
like you to marry the heir to the Ma
ank. She was sure she had misheard him. She stared, waiting
voice a dry whisper. "I don't kn
"Mr. Julious's health is... precarious. He was in an a
believes that a marriage, a stable and positive presen
positive presence?" Elliana repeated, frownin
al page, a handwritten note from a renowned spiritual consultant-a tarot reader and witch of considerable reputation. It stated that after an extensive reading of both her fate line and Mr. Julious Marshall's,
the words. "You
t explain," Hayes said calmly. "We have exhausted al
d thing she had ever
reviewed your profiles, she insisted that the two of you shared a rare and powerful conver
ind reeling. She cut to the heart o
ts own. Upon signing the marriage contract, a trust fund will be estab
ill have the full and unwavering protection of the Marshall family. Any and all h
lt. Freedom. Not just financial freedom, but freedom f
m, at the empire it represented. This was a level of power she coul
against her trembling fingers. She took a s
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