The Billionaire Heiress's Unforeseen Marriage

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horn was filled with the most powerful people in Texas. I stood b

hed. "Ms. O'Connell? A delive

geon-blood red diamonds. The placard read: "The Desert's Heart." The man smiled. "Mr. Prescott asked me to pass on a

ks, touched my lips. The cold wei

. "And now," he boomed, his voice filling the ballroom, "I have the great pleasure of announcing the

d. Everyone leaned forwar

btly tapped his heart twice with his fist, a silent question. I g

been displaying a slideshow of my childhood photos, fl

nd monstrous. The camera, clearly hidden, shook as if in fear. It showed me pointing, my expression contorted. T

grief (which happened after she left), and collapsing in a heap. It showed none of the context-the broken mus

orrified murmurs. "My God, she's unstable." "That poor

matically destroyed in front

s shouting at the technicians, but they

sitate. He vaulted onto the stage, grabbed a heavy champagne stand

. The scree

ge of the stage, his chest heaving. He looked directly at me, h

rophone from my st

is voice shaking with controlled fury. "So let me make it perfec