Chapter: FiveTristan’s POVThe deal closed at 6:47 on a Saturday morning. I know the exact time because my assistant sent the confirmation while I was still in the car heading to the office and I read it once then put my phone face down on the seat.Four billion dollars for Veltane Pharmaceuticals. We have had eighteen months of quiet maneuvering, three failed attempts by competitors to block the acquisition and one very expensive legal team that earned every cent this week.By Monday morning every financial publication in America would be running the same headline and Rothschild Pharma would be the single most valuable private pharmaceutical company in the country.This was the plan all along and plans either worked or they didn’t but this one did. There will be another one by Tuesday too. I looked out the window at the still quiet Manhattan streets in the early morning and felt nothing particular about it. I have been winning for the past several years, it has lost all its allure. Reid, my as
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Chapter: FourMorana’s POVXavier mentioned the gala the same way he mentioned everything he didn’t want me involved in which was right before leaving the room. It seems like he wanted to take his LEGAL wife to go there. “It’s a pharmaceutical fundraiser and too formal. You’d be bored.” He adjusted his cufflinks without looking up. “Stay in and rest this morning if you want.”Across the table Iris was already dressed in deep green silk with her hair pinned perfectly. She didn’t look at me and it seems like these days she’s got something up her belt. “Of course. You’re probably right.” I muttered my eyes back on him. Xavier’s shoulders relaxed slightly but enough for me to actually see it. I need to know what is going on. He kissed my forehead and they left together. Aiden stayed with his nanny upstairs and the house went quiet. I sat there for exactly three minutes before my plans got the best in me. I went upstairs to learn more about this gala. I didn’t touch the Greene side of my wardrobe.
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Chapter: ThreeMorana’s POVBy the time Xavier came down for breakfast, I was already seated and was waiting for him. Exactly where I was supposed to be and how it has been for years. I came down early to make sure everything was ready then waited. “The Cook really made my favorites.” I glanced up as he walked in keeping my voice warm. “You have meetings today, don’t you?”He paused briefly just enough to take me in with that look of approval that used to make my chest flutter. Now I watched it cleanly for what it is.“Yes.” he said, loosening his cuff slightly as he took his seat. “A full day but I’ll be able to accompany you to the hospital before I start the day.”“I figured and that is so sweet of you” I replied with a beam, placing his coffee in front of him. His lips curved faintly. “You notice everything.”I almost smiled at that. If only you knew.Aiden came downstairs right then and went straight to Xavier. I almost choked on my coffee at the uncanny resemblance that could never be uncle
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Chapter: TwoMorana’s POVI felt air slam into my lungs in a way it does when one drowned and came back to life. I gasped sharply as my body jerked upright.My chest heaved my fingers clawing at the sheets beneath me as if I were still drowning in that cold darkness. That taste of nothingness that felt like death and for a moment, I couldn’t breathe properly. I was alive???My hand flew to my arm and there was no needle or tube or blood and I was not at the hospital. My heart started pounding harder like it was trying to make up for the one that had stopped.“No…” The word came out hoarse.This wasn’t right because I remembered everything that had happened and it didn’t feel like a dream. The court and the clerk and the blood and his words saying they should take more. Everything u felt happened! My stomach twisted violently and I felt the need to throw up. So much was going on inside of me that I don’t have words for. I threw the covers off and stumbled out of bed, nearly collapsing before cat
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Chapter: OneMorana’s POV“Your name isn’t registered as his wife.”The clerk’s voice was flat as though she was telling me the weather. I blinked slowly because I was certain I’d misheard her. There’s no way she is talking about my marriage. “I’m sorry?” I let out a small laugh glancing briefly at my lawyer. “There must be a mistake. Check again.”Across the polished counter, the woman finally looked up at me and her expression didn’t change. It’s a look I got used to for the past five years because I cannot use my name to get whatever I wanted. I wasn’t Morana Mortaine but Morana Greene. “I already did.”She turned the monitor slightly, her fingers tapping against the keyboard with practiced ease. She was clearly exhausted and heavily pregnant so maybe she is seeing things. “Under Mr. Xavier Lancaster’s marital records, the legally registered spouse is…” she paused her eyes scanning the computer briefly “…Iris Lancaster.”Well, here comes the mistake. I frowned. “That’s his sister.”“Ma’am,
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