THE HEIR'S LAST BARGAIN

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n's name-his number flashing on the caller ID. She had already hung up on him once, but the

id. "One year. No fee

After everything he had done? Ethan Blackwood, the man who had ruined her family's company, the man who had destroyed ev

is proposal or the fact that, for a split second

ver want to speak to him again, much less marry him. The way he had taken her father's company, the way he h

he fifty mil

en like Ethan Blackwood. She had worked harder than anyone to prove she was worthy of her place in the industry. But the project she had b

eate something that would last, something that could finally put her on the map as more than just the daughter of a fallen

Was it worth the co

art. He had made decisions that hurt her family in ways that could never be undone. She could still remember the day her father's company had gone bankru

r money. Fifty million dollars. She could almost hear her father's voice in h

her grudges. It cared about results, about power, about what you could build with the resources y

f everything she had worked so hard to overcome. It would mean putting her pride aside and admitting that, perhaps, she still needed him in some way. Bu

, a reminder of everything she had yet to achieve. She could almost taste the success that was within her grasp-if

?" Ivy whispered to herself

she was without his help. And yet, here she was, considering t

to read it. Didn't want to give him the satisfaction. But her fingers moved

out it. This i

mind. "Think about it." Was this her chance? Or was

Everything her family had lost. Was it worth it to accept

at she had to do. She couldn't let pride and anger hold her b

n. There was still time to make a decision. But