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CHAPTER 15- THE SILENT CORRECTION

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DAMIEN'S POV

"That's enough for today," I said to the tailor, and it was quiet enough that it took her a full second to understand the fitting was over.

Years ago, I had learned that a raised voice gave people permission to raise theirs back, and I did not want Margaret Harrington handed that permission in a room full of witnesses who did not work for me.

"Mr. Chen, we still need to mark the hem…"

"Tomorrow," I said. "Same time. I'll have my office confirm it with you directly."

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  • THE HEIR'S UNWANTED BRIDE   CHAPTER 39- A NAME FROM THE PAST

    VIVIENNE'S POV "Two days," I said. "You told me two days." "I know what I told you." "It's been five." "And I've spent all five confirming a name change filed under seal in a jurisdiction that doesn't like handing out records to people who aren't blood relatives. You want fast or you want right. Pick one." "Tell me what you have." "A legal name change. Nineteen years ago, filed in a district court outside the city, sealed at the time, unsealed on a technicality about eleven years back. Petitioner was a minor, sponsored by an adult guardian not listed as a blood relative." "A name change to what." "Damien Chen." I sat down. "Changed from what," I said. "That part's still sealed. Different filing, different judge, harder door. I can get it. It costs more." "I don't care what it costs." "You keep saying that." "Because I keep meaning it." "There's something else," she said, her voice dropping a register. "Whoever sealed that filing the first time had resources. Real ones.

  • THE HEIR'S UNWANTED BRIDE   CHAPTER 38- DIGGING DEEPER

    VIVIENNE'S POV"Chen Industries archive request. Line two." I said "That's me.""Name on the account?""Not important. I'm paying triple your rate for discretion, so let's skip that part."A pause on the other end. Then a sigh, the sound of someone deciding the money was worth the irritation."Fine. What do you need.""Everything on Damien Chen. Pre-Chen Industries. Before nineteen years ago. Whatever's buried, I want it dug up.""That's a big ask with no name to search off.""That's the point. There's nothing to search off. I need you to find why."Another pause, longer this time."I'll call you back."She hung up before I could say anything else.My phone rang again forty minutes later."I can get you records access," she said. "Court filings, old registries, some archived press. It's not cheap and it's not fast.""How not fast.""Days. Maybe longer, depending what's actually there to find.""Fine.""One thing. If there's a reason nineteen years of a man's life doesn't exist on pap

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  • THE HEIR'S UNWANTED BRIDE   CHAPTER 36- WORSE THAN A PHOTO

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