ss storms over the years.
a perfectly tailored suit found himself un
apped in an aura of cool detachment. Her piercing eyes revealed nothing of her inner th
ized the moment without hesitati
ffered no
st as Joshua stole glances at her profile. "When do you plan
witnessed Arabella's brilliance firsthand. He had persuaded her to join forces,
"I'll decide when the time feels right.
dly thriving. I've been directing all the premium projects to your aunt's husba
heir parents at the tender age of six, and their aunt
him with a subtle no
nt resting against her throat, clicking it open to
stoic in the image, but Daisy
face, Arabella felt an unfamil
ome each other's entire world. Daisy had always been their fa
lassified operation that consumed seven years of her life. Now th
ment paycheck to her sister, ensuring
n amazement as he witne
ce queen was ac
rabella's sister inte
al community, where each house boasted
ed to a stop in
ents had bequeathed to them, now
m light, alive with the so
o be flourishi
la preserved her gentle smile as
se sat in the corn
beside it in
nguish the person's features, but she watched them sco
e be eating besi
brow as Arabella app
rtled and scrambled qui
drifted from within the shelter. "Please don't strike me agai
belonged
pulling the figure from the doghouse. Even in the pale m
elief. "You..." she breathed, as though she fe
ou?" Arabella's voice t
l fury erupted within Arabella, he
, still trapped in shock.
real to Daisy, like a vision c
sy's forehead. Her skin burned with fever. Before Arabella could pro
felt heartbreakingly frail and ice-cold
allized into something
house suddenly burst o
re still not finished eating? Get inside immediately and wash those
, her predatory gaze lo
e now radiated wealth and privilege, adorned in an expensive designer coat and gleaming jewelr
r Arabella's lethal stare. "You..
advanced with calculated steps, her
ty burning in Arabella's eyes. But she quickly rallied her confide
n absent for years. Do you possess any understanding of how challenging life has been here? I never allowed her to sta
t, her expression transforming into something carved from arctic stone. Meag
nce, her eyes radiating lethal intent. "You forced Daisy to perform menial labor. You m
se, Arabella finally saw what Daisy had
bird and appeared ghostly pale and utterly drained,
ter had endured
deadly promise, "when you moved into our home, you
bold use of her first name,
he witnessed the murderous gle
cold and fearlessly bold. When Arabella had lived here, Meagan had performed
ed absolute control, systematically crushing the
Arabella would return
's so terrible about that?" Meagan's words died in her throat as Arabella's grip tigh
ion of the people inside. Meagan's husband and daughter n
ious and magnificently decorated villa, with a table overflowing with exquisite delic
leftovers. Arabella's eyes burned with unshed tears as the