her chest heaving with rage. She grabbed Chelsey by the arm
lsey's cheek with a sharp crack
d seeped from the corn
e snapped at the household
lap. The staff didn't dare hesitate, each sei
Valerie grabbed Chelsey's
ry welt on Chelsey's right cheek. Valerie raised her hand ag
king everyone around her flinch. "Do you know my motto in life? I repay every offense tenfold." A cold, mocking smile twisted her swollen f
ht off guard by that stare. Then she re
Chelsey! You think I'm sc
other, until Chelsey's face was s
her chest subsided, she lifted her chin with cold arro
yes and recited, "Mr. Marshall said to s
sfied smirk on her lips, and strode awa
barely covered her, Chelsey felt the chill bite into her b
stopped struggling and let
ing alive was all
ped an arm, dragg
of the household staff had tactfully vanished. Aside from the t
tudy door. Vincent's deep,
me
hall, Mrs.-Ms. Moore has been
contract in his hands, his tone
er replied, hi
fiant words replayed in his mind, and his
d woman further away. I don't wa
inwardly but only
.
ment on the south
wake with a gasp, her
, her mother's former private attorney. Seeing her awake, he s
e." His face was etched
anic faded as she studied his face. He loo
pped and left for dead outside the Marshall estate. Now she wa
r voice was hoars
rprise you don't remember. My last name is Edwards. I was your m
er mother'
ll. She thought for a mo
e don't worry-I didn't see anything. Someone had already covered you with a coat
lothes I'm
lightly. "An elderly neighbor was
though her brow remained furrowe
old acquaintance, but he hadn't been in her life for over a decad
returned a moment later holding a
er's will. She
ey's eyes. Her mother's death had been
his scheming mistress would never have
witness it, and to deliver it to y
zed with a jolt that the day she div
ted by you," Edwin continued. "That includes fifteen percent of t
tom, on the signature line, a name was writte
s gaze narrowed. "How l
ee d
her eyes hard and cold. "They got three ext
urned and walked
g, Ms. Moore?" Edwi
the will in her hand. She raised an eyebrow, the c
ss father, his mistress, and their precious daughter." She
hat tone, that commanding presence.
aze, grabbed his jacket
.
north side of the city
essed the doorbell again and again, each ch
g out, shouting, "Alright,
face a mask of irritation. The
ce. "I'm in a hurry t
rooted to the spot, pinned by the chilling presence
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