l lounge wrapped in a luxurious fur shawl, her pointed heels click
er sleeve, her nails biting into her palm as she wa
s the room, frowning in disgust when she
handle a girl.
without a word as he retreated behind
cades of smoking. As the nominal chairman of the Holman Group, he lit t
assive emerald ring on her right index fi
r the pa
ocument from his briefcase and placed it
te Marriage Agreement. The words felt like a buck
the pages. She straightened
this. This is i
laugh, picking up a tea
clothes under my roof for twenty years
til she tasted rust, her
rom the orphanage
celain cup down wi
you like my own flesh and blood? You're nothi
ttered completely. She let out a cold laugh and
this what yo
oud of smoke, hunching his
a favor. The Colliers are billionaires.
f the table and ripped it cleanly in half, the sou
ward too late, pointing a tre
offend the Collier family, our e
n scraps straight
lives or dies has n
ed up to Demi, and swung her hand a
blood trickling from the corner of her mouth. She didn't shed a tear. She pressed
stare, Gloria raised
copy changes anything? The
es from his briefcase, laid them neatly on t
ms across her chest,
Bay Area United University immediately, and I'll make sure
ted University was her only ticket out of this mud p
the wood, her fingers trembling asde, rubbing her cheek whe
really want to end up homeless sl
the humiliation burning in her chest. Fighting th
used for a second above the dotted lin
face. She reached for the contract, but D
her amber eyes
e adding a supplemental
owned imp
ick are you tryi
, her voice echoi
amily ties with the Holman household. Whether
halfway to his mouth, staring in shock at the girl
ut a laugh fill
r more. Lawyer, wr
of both copies, and Demi pressed her thumb into the red ink
l from her hair, threw it like a dirty rag at
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