eptic pulled Ameli
ark, and simple. Sunlight stabbed at her eyes. She raised a hand to
thought wa
from her abdomen. She threw back the thin blanket. H
ce a dry rasp. The room was silent.
agony. Leaning against the wall, she stumbled o
d away. "You're awake. You should
rprisingly strong. "My baby? Where
ression tinged with contempt. "We don'
toward the elevator. The Slater estate
gged down a taxi, trading her only remaining valuable, h
pped before ornate iron gat
t enter without Mr.
e violent movement tore at her C-section wound. Blood seeped
ant Chanel suit. She looked at Amelie with a pityi
won't see you." Her voice was s
s locked on Corie. "My baby, Cor
refully crafted sadness. "Amelie, I'm so
great care. "The baby... it was a stillbir
ry... I heard it!" Amelie was sure of it,
u were unstable from the blood loss. Jonas was devastated. He's already.
d the word, a terrible dread s
pths. "Jonas said that an unclean, unwanted child didn't deserve a pl
g her into a million pieces. The image of her new
xecutive assistant, Simon Hayes, ste
r asked me to inform you that the Beaumont family trust has been fro
d at him, un
ryl Beaumont, suffered a massive heart attack upon hearing the news
he family was ruined
me from her
ice dripping with false sympathy.
as terrifying. She began to shake the gates, a wild, primal scream b
look in Amelie's eyes. She shrieked at the g
in the estate grounds. Several Dobermans, trained for patro
narling dogs and an ocean of despair, her eyes rolled back in
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