, she found Brynn lounging against the doorframe,

and carrying two hefty boxes of gi

? Where's the groom? Why didn'

twisted wit

, and since that incident a week ago, every sigh

id, stuck in bed all day. Leaving his house is beyond his capabil

ed the marriage. Lucky for you, because if he found out his bri

's hand flew through the air, landing a sharp

hand ready to strike back. But before she could lay a

et married for you and connected our family with the Collins family.

appeared, his presenc

owards Brynn, his authority in

glared daggers at Hanna but

with a mocking lif

o be the voice of reason. "Brynn, it's no wonder yo

pt grew even m

call her the her

e, ever eager to curry favor with the Collins, had shameless

t, if Hanna had dared to strike Brynn, Cristian a

his demeanor shifting to o

ise to see you today. We're d

ur hypocriti

longer, Hanna flung the Collins f

my mother was once I married int

ristian look

to disappoint you, so I'll tell you. We must secure the project pr

buzzed with

you told me bef

you might have decided not to marry in Brynn's place."

ountered someone so

high, a defiant

n I shall do the same. I'll divorce Kayce, and we'll

elena is. If you dare divorce Kayce, I'll have her elim

he had plummeted i

endured from Jessie and her children i

nging in the balance, Hanna h

tance to me. We're only pushing you because we have no other recourse. Kayce has agreed to entrust the

istian feared she might sabotage his plans out

the project secured, I'll ensure you and your mother

t in Cristian. Yet, with her mother's safety at

ian, Hanna steeled herself – this would be the la

would repay them tenfold for th

made the decision to grab wha

as frigid in the winter and scorching in the sum

e stairs, Brynn sho

ugged Hanna and sent a couple

ll Brynn in the wee hours, claimin

ut Brynn found a ring on the disheveled bed, which, after a

e was stopped in her tracks by a woman in a flashy car wh

d accidentally saved a man with her body

t be wealthy and powerful, Brynn impersonate

and promised that her

family showed up at her home, requesting that Brynn marry the disabled

t Brynn and promised to repay her. If Hanna were to fin

bring to the family; she had concocted a devious plan

king her belongings, when t

who's here, packin

xpression sauntered in, eyeing Hanna f

gambling-addicted son of the butler, who had m

ted his expulsion from

he had the nerve to

t have le

le. You must not have been satisfied la

red, approac

where to strike. She mustered all her strength

e floor, clutching his wounded prid

wasn't

stormed in, sur

gripped her fr

ately, but was soon pinn

couldn't move, only watching helplessly as the third man's han

ed back to that terrible night when a beastly man had bru

d not to let these vile men defile her, Hanna de

men grabbed her shirt,

gathering all her streng

to

moment, halting the hor