she stammered and backed up a few steps. He

uld tell anyone her secret or use it against her. Now that she thought

ke you’ve had sex. Once the evidence is clear, the Guardianship Order will

have to pretend to have sex with him. I know that y

d Carlos, so she had

clenched her teeth and said, word for word, “Mr. Fos

heerily. “After all...” he looked at

so it shouldn’t have shocked her to discover that he was cheating on her. Af

been about to go bankrupt, and then again right before the SAT exams. Each time

d for fear of being noticed, and her pointed nails sank into the palms of her hand. “I c

thought as she approached the w

opped by the Mercedes. A driver in a formal suit came down f

sister, your mother, was so generous. Her lover drives a Maybach and we

it,” Carl

ybach. It is worth tens of millions of dollars, and his suit,

h, got in quickly. By then, Nathan had taken his seat behind the wheel

ly, adding, “He’s just

,” Nathan exclaimed. “That girl

tal agreed, “Not only does he have bad taste i

mean?” Nathan

way you talk and hold yourself: that is all a part of the package that you need to sell to a potential client before they even look at whatever it is that your selling. In the case of Carlos, he doesn

d, and then he laughed out loud. “What

han. You can get nothing from me.” Crystal paused and sneere

elf?” Nathan asked, “Crystal Smit

said, “I don’t get it. Millions of other girls are better looking than

, “You are so young, no wonder y

t his words, “Save it. Just t

gh, and her cough began to choke her so severely that her face turned beet red. She could barely breat

to her with a concerned expression. As he rubbed her ba

and away and glared at hi

cally between a guardian and his charge and have an equal husband-and-wife relationship instead? Don’t you think that if we did that, it would be both preferable and profitable? I

stal blurted o

uld I know if Nathan’s property is clean enoug

r gut was telling her that he was playing some tricks. And if that was true, then the only reason her mother had left everything to him was that h

u must.” He jumped out of the car, walked around to wher

they’d stopped in front of the University where she attended. “I