She Returned With The CEO's Hidden Heir

y climbed the stairs, the wh

Rude, shameless... Sh

She swore she was going to marry Edward Swan, the fourt

n call her 'Aunt Jea

of feigned indulgence. "Come now. She j

echoed from the hall. "M

en

t for a fraction of a second, before she caught herself. Geo

elegant as ever, had his arm wrapped around Jasmine's waist. They were

ze, a flicker of something troubled in his expression. Jasmine

back," she called out, her voic

r, murmured to Jasmine, "Yo

mile played on her lips. Jeanne had no idea why she'd been summoned

.

Jonathan Lawrence. A stroke had left him confined to a wheelchair. He look

" he said, his vo

e replied

udy. We ne

o emotion in his voice, only a heavy coldn

ou to get marrie

witness your final days. You

Locke tomorrow. He's thirty

h. "Thedus Locke? The murdere

cept your child. You

nd how much did the Locke

ightened, but he

my worth," she said w

d any future at all," he b

d, dipping her head in a gesture of

n's study and heade

e next act of the drama to unfold. She had barely stepped into the hallway when her breath caught. A fi

, all-devouring passion. He stood there, proud and self-

relationship had survived since then, at least on the surface. The constant fighting was just a symptom of their fiery passion-or s

ws broke, spreading through town like a disease: he had slept with Jasmine,

took the blame. Jasmine, shielded by her mother, Jenifer-a master mani

gh the mud. That was her downfall. She lost everything: her love, her status, her dignity. But she hadn't gone down quietly. In a final, defiant outburst,

tter taste in her mouth. But the years abroad had changed her. She had l

rmured, his voice

with a calm, almo

her. How are you?" he asked, as if they w

ldly, "That's none

once. I genuinely w

you know why I've been summ

know Thedus is

ained s

apart between us, you wou

. Swan. I'm quite delighted

ld laugh, yet the sound bitter. "That tem

lly dared to flip

nestly, I'd rather marry Thedus than

Want to get out of this marriage? Swallow you

l laugh-then turned on her heel, l

nfused expression on his fa

ying tough, putting on an a

her. "If you had just let me make love with

stopped

oice dripping with scorn. "You come back with some

face him. And behind him, Jasmine

So, let me get this straight. You fucked my siste

d. Jasmine

poke up in her honeyed voice, "E

e, confused girlfriend, she c

ied, his voice softening as he car

t, a wave of nausea rolling through h

nne, welcome back. I've missed you so much. If I hadn't... well, what

lled in

at her, her own smi

nt a chill down Jasmine's spin

was just lookin

lence settled o