Married To My Ex's Ruthless Uncle

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initial scans picked up a mass. We haven't been able to biopsy yet, given the cardiac emergency, but it is... concerning." The word mass landed in her chest like a second blow, but she could not process it. Not now. Behi

sedated in a private room down the hall. The sight of Harper coding on the table had shattered Edythe c

dragged the tip across the paper. A hot tear slipped down her cheek, splashing onto the ink and blurring her la

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reen lit up with a text f

. The Martin Group is mine by Friday. B

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thumb hovered over a name s

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und, and ran toward the elevator. Her heels clicked frantically against the linole

lobby of the Maxwell building. Rainwater dripped from her so

appointment," the security guard said, stepping

from her left wrist-the last valuable thing she owned, a gift

t heaving. "Give me five minutes in

the watch face. He slowly stepped aside, s

id shut. The high-speed ascent made her stomach drop. She stared at the dig

med open on t

ped up from her desk, shouting a warning, but Audriana ignored her. She

hadows. Outside the floor-to-ceiling wind

d with his back to h

the lid open and closed with a rhythmic, metallic clink. His dark eyes locked onto

sheer force of his presence for

xwell, I apologize-" the secret

ingers. The secretary instantly went silent,

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ana forced the words o

wn. He crossed his long legs, resting his arms on the bac

bag and slapped it onto the glass surface. "Thirty percent of the Martin Group sh

ce at the paper. He let

driana. Your shares are worth less

tepped closer to him. "I will

was a foot taller than her, and as he closed the distance

s hands on the glass on either side of her waist, trapping her. The sh

lingered on her eyes, a strange, da

id. His voice was a low, magnet

ilated. The air lef

ing back into the shadows. "You become Mrs. Maxwel

his desk and tossed it in front

to decide. Otherwise,

uggling to breathe flashed behind her eyes. Her fingers twitched. She re