t she had fabricated online. It detailed a rare blood di
react if she became a liability instead of an asset. She hadn
ssing, personal anxiety su
sophisticated. But she cou
ning at a top-tier private clinic on the Upper East Side-the Whi
She knew it wouldn't hold up, b
he clinic. After checking in, a nur
. She had never felt so alone, so ashamed. The waiting
on apologetic. "Ms. Smith, I'm so sorry. Dr. Miller was ca
She couldn't wait. She ju
er doctor avail
. However, one of our clinic partners happens to be here for a quarterly review. He's not a pra
ho
the principal investor in the Whitfield
name was a pun
New York's elite. It had to be a coinc
Where
His office is at the end. But, just so yo
no mood to deal with a difficult investor,
oak door. A deep voice fr
iar. A jolt of unea
h his back to her, looking out a large window as he spoke on
day. I don't care how you do it. Make it ha
The back. The voi
s call and slowl
is face, her s
from the hotel. Th
tly in surprise. Then, a flicker of som
ed run. She spu
ing speed. A hand pressed flat against the door beside her head, bloc
she hissed, her voice a furious w
playful light in his gray eyes. "You gave me a ring. Yo
m off, her face flaming. "And
opped an octave, sending
door was suddenly thrown
there?" It was Julian's vo
's blood
oor by his uncle, her face flushed and clothes d
's chest, panic rising in
smirk curled his lips. His hand didn't let go. Instea
unlocked
Seraphina, trapped and pale, to his uncle, intimately holding her. His face went
n? What the hell i
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