Sorry Ex, Your Dad Chose Me

tt Hayes are engaged. The powerful ma

ood beside Scarlett. Camera flash

er and over. Elyse Miller sat on the sofa,

e villa's front

ng to him. He loosened his tie and glanced at the empty din

raw, red rims around her ey

. So was the quiet deference she had always shown hi

king off his suit jacket. Then

ped in front of her. He took her chin between his

d aside and pulled f

It's a business alliance between our companies. You know my father would never let me marry an orph

eaned in t

away with all the

him with cold disappointment. "Th

er hair. "Don't start getting greedy, Elyse. You only

him hard acr

d-rimmed eyes were fierce.

seen how far I can go. You haven't even finished college yet. If you leave me, my family will cut off your finan

fully. She stared blankly a

iend she had loved

ad earned her special admission to

p student had made her an immediate target.

at miserable time. He had protected her

family had been paying for her education all

such passion, she belie

understood how he had always seen her. In his eyes, she was nothi

though something in her chest had torn ap

red eyes blazed as she spoke. Ev

bout the land under the orphanage. They want to buy it, demolish everything, and redevel

d. She couldn't m

on't you dare go after that orphanage, Ian. If anythin

ser, and his voice dropped into a teasing drawl. "A

gertips along her cheek. "All I have to do is lift

ace away from his

it's simple. Stop talking about breaking up, stay by my side, and be goo

lyse's eyes. "You're

"How else am I supposed to keep you under control without using a few tricks? Now, quit throwing a

him. So that was the real

leading pharmaceutical companies and had negot

's business skills ha

sition as a pharmaceutical R&D specialist. She had turned it down because she wan

Ian's pho

together ever so slightly. "Somethin

suit jacket and hurried out

ars in her eyes slowly dried, a

as much as he wanted simply because she had co

"So you want that deal? I'