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While Marrying Mr Steele

Chapter 2 Really

Word Count: 1298    |    Released on: 23/12/2024

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illiant suggestion, Jared?" My voice sliced

nds clasped behind his back, exudin

hat irritated

teele Industries is in jeopardy. The easiest way to shut a

er everything I have done for t

f my wheelchair armrest, eyes fixed on the p

ge. Th

o placate the mockeries t

," I said more to

contract, whom she'd be transferring me to, right after she told me about

us she was the kind of therapist that would dig in

ld try to make me open up, yet again. She wasn't

orce me to rehash my pains all over again. She'd m

ir didn't mean I was br

akes you think she'll a

s one of the top people in the game. She is clean and th

not pretend this is about anything other

one of the reasons I kept him around. Still, the idea of tying

ong silence. "Out of all the

along his way, his st

ting out of hand, and she's not able to pay. That desperatio

y. "So, I'm her c

y. "You're her opportu

I loathed the notion that I

confined to, of all things, a darned chair. The rest of the world still view

'll play along. But don't expect

es. "She's arriving tomorrow for a formal meeting. We'll go over

where a burning pain of phan

my ability to walk. It had stolen my pride

uld just waltz in here and fix me like on

n hell I was makin

*

d then Jared came in and, behind him, there was a

lia

and a tailored navy blue blazer that screamed professionalism. Her eyes wer

yet there was no compassion in her eyes. Th

e said, her tone

xpression unreadable. "I trust Jared

e nodded. "He has. I'm he

a look, but

her. "This isn't a negotiation, Miss Blake. You either

nd for a moment, I s

rest

ditions?" she rep

fly across the lines. The ripple of shameful amu

oday?" she asked, her voice rising. "And

es to mine, and a

the part of my devoted wife, you'll need to be

the contract. "I'm not your puppet, Mr.

Miss Blake. Desperately. And I'm offering you a way out. But

nger. "If I do this, there will be boundarie

s, Miss Blake. You'll follow my rules, or the deal is off. And remember, you're not h

arrowed, but sh

nd for that moment, I e

mo

st till tomorrow to move out of my apar

at this is about anything other than business, you're fooling y

ng. For a moment I almo

said n

he desk. Unless, of course, you'd prefer to live in the streets once

or just a moment I almost thought she might j

for air, she wrote her name

bit her lower lip, leaned across my table, and s

ret this, M

the colour of her

al, Mrs. Steele." I

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