Billionaire Is 9

When the car came to a stop, I snapped back to reality and realized we'd arrived at Silver Shore.

There was a Maybach parked next to where Luke had pulled over.

Who would be rich enough to come out here in this freezing weather just to feel the wind by the river? Returning to the scene of the incident, a flood of emotions hit me.

I remembered how I dragged my heavy wedding dress along, my heart utterly broken, as I walked past the water that day.

Even though I hated him to the core, years of love weren't something you could just cut off in a matter of weeks. Him running away from the wedding there was shock, anger, but mostly, it was disappointment. Between Anna and me, in the end, he chose her.

Watching him walk away gave me every reason to hate him completely.

At that moment, I was numb to everything. I didn't even notice someone had come up behind me until they plunged a knife into my back, swift and precise. I looked down to see the blade sticking through my body. I was in shock.

I could still see the exact spot where I fell. I couldn't feel any pain, but I instinctively reached for the wound.

Last night, I bled a lot. The relentless waves of the river had washed it all away.

of my phone or anything

to the

saw Carter sitting in a wheelchair by the

wool coat made his pale skin look even colder, and his face so flawless it was almost unreal-came into

from Carter sent chills down my

of Luke's grandfather, Jeffrey Bolton, spending one wild night abroad. His features were inherited from his

Handsome. Dangerous.

Jeffrey fathered him later in life, Carter was an illegitimate child, hidden away and raised abroad, rarely

much older than Luke, but there was

met him, I was

times, when I

the ocean. His cargo ship

the wedding invitations by hand. Along with a carefully chosen thank-you gift, I sent one to him

sharp business mind, he'd already broken away from the Boltons

didn't get along with the Boltons, so I didn't

on Luke's face. His voice was cold and biting. "Do I need to explain

man with paralyzed legs and

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