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as she stared at the city lights. It was a cold sn

glass of red wine she was holding and was gr

feel in control, what she needed

e had turned upside down, and she no longe

ating in there," she

s memory, but Lilian knew the main reason was to display her

e ultimatum given to her to find one expired, if not she wou

t the cold breeze on her skin

d feel the breeze on o

noise emanating from the house an

of dressing, stating that the color red w

m," Lilian chuckled and

lian was a difficult child who needed to be taught manners. So he sent her away to a private scho

and the idea of people knowing that

parent's marriage, it disgusted her the way her father

dinner with a big fak

erything to please him, she said she owed

back home late at night when she was already asleep and leave very early in the mornings, h

running away from home and breaking th

aved to be heard but of course, her father thought she w

rted off all by herself

rated her father and gradually th

knew what was best for her. He knew she had a

ting and after studying business administration in college, she went

vided for her, he relented in the end and sponsored her throu

a threat to his social life a

iress to his empire was an ordinary unknown artist? Now Lilian was back to take over

e will or else the estate, company, and everything that came with it woul

ney she made from her paintings but her

mpany to be taken over by someone else, after

for her, attending all her school functions and football games

er, she made up her m

the house as a child, whenever her parents were at it, she would come out there and close her eyes then open them and w

houghts," a deep vo

f a man she had not seen before. His hair was jet black and wav

the men in Scotland were tall but thei

is body and she took a deep breat

e what the Scots would call hazel eyes, they were t

He asked again, after get

of me to stare," Lilian blurted and

an Burns,

d. walking closer t

n here knows who I am" s

ere, who knew Robert Burns had such a stunning da

f shallow, but his compliment made her fe

n for a one-night stand and

ut before she could shoot the bulle

eople here that would like to m

hispered to him before joinin

with people, she did not know and wondered how she did it, crying the nex

r a long time and Lilian was scared she w

ul in her body-shaped black gow

fort with her appearance, putting u

ndeed," Lil

re two men stood communicatin

Mr. Harold and his son Jonas, Mr. Harold was a friend t

t tell us that he had such a lovely daughter,"

mpliment to that of the handsome stranger, th

xtended her hand which h

ld, it's nice to know my dad had

her did not have friends and did no

in the business industry, one of t

s Shepherd," the younger man

tably lo

onas," She said half-hear

d get to know each other" her moth

her away in the directi

ony and scanned the room, but she couldn't find the beautiful str