The Darling of the Paranoid Tycoon by Cheryl Rice

Chapter 172

Harriet appeared to ponder for a moment before naively saying, ” Milton wanted to give me 5% of the Carlson Group’s shares, but I declined.”

“Is that all?” Delbert’s eyes flickered.

‘Didn’t Milton mention anything else?’ He wondered.

“Yes.” Harriet nodded emphatically.

Delbert seemed to relax, and he pulled her into a tight embrace.

She looked up, dazed by his affectionate gaze.

He gently lifted her and positioned her on his lap.

Then, Harriet heard Delbert whisper in her ear, “If you want those shares, they’re yours. You don’t need to worry about my feelings.”

He didn’t want her to make sacrifices for his sake.

And through that, he could tell that Milton was testing both Harriet

and himself.

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grooming Delbert for power,

family and Delbert

shares. I

too,” Delbert said, suddenly smiling.

and gently laid her on the bed,

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I’ll always be by your side to

Hospital, as night fell, the atmosphere grew increasingly

been unwrapped from its bandages, and Bessie

one hardship after another, she felt profound heartache and self-loathing for her own

caused her to lose her first child. The doctor even told Bessie that

Nora couldn’t report it to the police because Vernon

only swallow her

Lula and Vernon, and she hated

Harriet even more.

actions that led her onto that ill-fated ship, how

the bandages were removed, a long scar stretched across Nora’s face, running from the corner of her eye to the

mouth.

resembled a large centipede writhing

to the corner of her