de mansion, her father's former home, and a flash
as C
a malicious grin. "Well, well, look what the
er and tried
n? Giles is going crazy, you know. The company's a mess without his lit
ick envelope from her bag and toss
u. This house belongs to me now. You have
stepmother's, but she gave it to me. You have no claim here. You're not even married, Ana. You couldn't fulf
nd spread the documents across the table: the court order, the certified copy
arriage-I did get married. Legally, before my twenty-fifth birthday
documents, scanning them frantically, her eye
these! You're not married-Giles would have told me!
e to regain control. She threw
eve you! You'
Bentley silently pulled up to the curb. Its presence immediately dominated the
k door
elez ste
that it felt like the temperature on the sidewalk dropped by ten degrees. He looked like
es were fixed on Ana, his expression softening alm
raped his arm over her shoulders, pulling her against his si
His voice was calm, but it held an un
sudden appearance and raw charisma. She didn't reco
?" she stammered, h
ssive look, the kind one might give an annoying insect befor
sband," he
back at the impossibly handsome and powerful
her composure cracking completely
ip on Ana's shoulder, a silent message of support. "I'
gly clear. The air crackled with a te
solute conviction in his eyes and knew, with a primal sense of fear,
speak again. He opened the Ben
and solidness of his arm, allowed him to g
her, he paused. He looked back a
deadly quiet tone that was somehow more menacing than
that
ress her as Mrs.
mind, connecting this man to the infamous Wall
e turne
led away from the curb smoothly, leaving Coleen standing on the side
window at the passing city, her mind reeling from the publ
ly came to her senses from the cha
o that he could come and help. Otherwise,
er to stay with him for a few days. Ana was initially hesitant, but after
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