Grace “I’m so sorry, ma’am, but the terms of the loan agreement are clear.” The representative sighed again. “If you can’t come up with at least one payment by the next payment debt, we’ll have to foreclose on your house.” I shuddered at the words. The woman had genuinely seemed sorry. I too
I turned away from him, ready to leave. “If you don’t talk to me, I’ll call your debts due.” I scoffed. My eyes burned as I turned back to glare at him. I wanted him to see the fury on my face. His eyes were calm. His expression was neutral. “Get in line,” I hissed. “I’m sure you’ve hear
Grace My mind was reeling, but as Devin sputtered, I found that I couldn’t do much more than sit back and watch. Amy looked nervously at me before looking back at Charles. She drew closer as if to lean on Devin, but he didn’t seem to notice. "What?" Devin shook his head, disbelief painting h
She shook her head again. He nodded. “I imagined as such. You are soon to be a Blackwoods by blood and oath, Amy. You have nothing to fear.” He turned his gaze back to Devin. “The lawyers will be in touch, Devin. If you have any shred of honor left in you, you will cooperate and perhaps reclaim
Grace Charles returned to the table. Though his expression smoothed out into something that was supposed to be welcoming and calm, his eyes were still glowing. He was furious and trying to hide it. “My apologies, Grace. I thought I raised him better, but I promise that he will suffer for his a
“What are you offering?” "One billion, with 50% allocated to the medical sector, forgiveness of Wolfe Medical’s debts, and an extra million in goodwill." I couldn’t even think. I didn’t know all the numbers, but a billion had to put at least a dent in Wolfe Medical’s debts. I went still and lo
Charles She was going to be the death of me. I was going to burn up with want of her, and she didn’t even seem to know it. I could still see her sitting across from me trying to recover a bit of her price, a bit of her sense of control. I wanted to rip it from her hands. It seemed that I would
“Is there a breakroom on this floor? Somewhere I could get something hot to drink?” She blinked, seemingly surprised. “Uh, yeah. Down the hall.” “Thank you.” I headed in the direction she pointed. Being at a distance from Grace made it easier to focus on anything but how much I wanted her.