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ter bedroom. The Sterling mansion was unusually quiet that afternoon. Most of the st
knock, but a woman's
s would never become
e immediately. It belonged to Mrs. Viv
ve kept quiet for twenty-one year
. Do you want som
ve thought about that
all you to c
mian is asking questio
ould have knocked and announced herself. Instea
man continued. "You cannot
s breath
ed belonged to Mr. Sterling. She had watched him grow up
kly. "He is Damian's son i
not wha
"Damian has raised him. He has given him his name, his home a
erything you
eful, T
ful. I want what
new she was hearing something she was never mea
you expect?" Vi
will inherit Damian's company. I will not spend my life watching a
nothing if y
p this secret. I
paid to
money i
manding money from Mrs. Sterling, and he
Tristan said. "He has started que
l make sure
discovers
hospital records. Nothing
red at the
n. Mrs. Sterling had deceived her husband for
records cannot be t
n has never suspected anything, a
d very co
-one years. I will not lose my position
a cautious step backwards, hoping to ret
els shifted
mall table beside the door. It rocked, tipp
ie ga
oom, the conver
re?" Vivien
n pieces. Her hands tremble
n changed from irritation to suspicion as sh
e you do
struggled to keep her voice steady. "I am sor
tepped into the corridor and pulle
e you been st
arrived,
t lie
lling th
could smell her perfume, but fe
hear an
deny everything and leave, but the sus
vase fall," s
not what
lie could hear movement inside the bedr
voice bec
ty is to do your work and keep your eyes an
, ma
ill not repeat it to anyone-not the housekeeper, n
though her thoug
her face. "How mu
meet the woman's eyes. "
's lips
ope that
ards the bedro
. And remember, this conv
oor c
eces. She had come upstairs to deliver towels, but she had s
not Damian's b
Rosalie had been stan
ces, but her fingers would not stop s
onths. She needed the salary for her mother's me
s no ordina
Vivienne believed Rosalie might expose her, would she simp
aint voices continued inside. She collected t
happened. She could not afford to l
estion kep
, what would happen when Damia
reful not to show her fear. She knew she should forget what
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