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That night, Valerie sat in her living room staring at her phone like it was a bomb. Her phone lay on the coffee table between her and the couch, silent and still. She'd tried Rick's number countless times during her fifteen-month search - so many times that she'd memorized the automated message telling her the number was no longer in service.But today had changed everything. If Rick was powerful enough to orchestrate a corporate takeover, if he had the resources to buy millions of dollars worth of shares, then surely he had the means to maintain a working phone number.Her finger hovered over his contact information. The urge to call was so overwhelming - she just wanted to hear his voice again, wanted to demand answers immediately. But the memory of his cold demeanor in the conference room made her hesitate.What if he answered and spoke to her with that same detached tone? What if he hung up on her? The thought of hearing that coldness directed at her over the phone felt more terri
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The silence in the room stretched like a taut wire threatening to snap at any moment. Valerie's hands trembled beneath the table as she stared at Rick, remembering every detail of his face - the sharp jawline she'd once traced with her fingers, the green eyes that had haunted her dreams for months, the way he'd completely changed and now looked like money and power combined.He looked different. Gone was the simple mechanic she'd fallen in love with. This man radiated power, his posture rigid, controlled, and cold. But it was still Rick. Still the man who had saved her life, who had made love to her several times, who had disappeared without a word when she needed him most."Ms. Calder," the voice of Rick's lawyer interrupted her thoughts. The man was thin and hawk-faced, with steel-gray hair and dark eyes. "Thank you for agreeing to this meeting. I'm Jonathan Sutton, representing my client, Mr. Rick Cameron."Valerie's throat felt dry like sandpaper. She cleared it, trying to projec
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Six months had passed since the birth of baby Jeremiah, and Valerie had resigned herself to running her business empire from the comfort of her home. "Miss Calder," Mary, the nanny she'd hired three months ago, knocked gently on the office door. "Jeremiah is ready for his afternoon feeding."Valerie looked up from her laptop, where she'd been reviewing the troubling reports from Camri Global. "Bring him in, Mary. I could use a break from these numbers anyway."Mary entered carrying little Jeremiah, who immediately reached his chubby arms toward his mother with a delighted squeal. Valerie's heart melted as it did every time she saw him. He had grown so much - his dark hair had thickened, and though his eyes were still the baby blue of infancy, something about their shape reminded her painfully of Rick every single day."There's my beautiful boy," Valerie cooed, taking him from Mary and settling him on her lap. "Were you good for Mary while Mama was working?""He's been an angel," Mary
The Duchess's Game of Seduction Chapter 101
Three weeks laterValerie arrived Hector's office that Monday morning, and she wasn't looking too good at all. She sat across from his desk, Sophia and Karen by her side, as the private investigator spread out a series of photographs and documents."I've traced Mr. Cameron's movements for the first 48 hours after he left the hospital," Hector explained. "Security cameras caught him withdrawing a huge amount of cash from three different ATMs across the city. After that, the trail goes cold.""Cold how?" Valerie asked, leaning forward to see - she was now seven weeks along and starting to show slightly."No credit card usage, no cell phone activity, no digital footprint whatsoever. Either he's extremely careful about staying off the grid, or..." Hector paused."Or what?" Karen pressed."Or he's had help disappearing. Professional help."Valerie didn't how she felt about that. She was beyond shocked. Professional help meant Rick had planned this. It meant he hadn't just wandered off in
The Duchess's Game of Seduction Chapter 100
It's been forty-eight hours since Rick had simply vanished from his hospital room, and Valerie felt like she was losing her mind.She'd barely slept, barely eaten, and couldn't concentrate on anything except the endless questions running through her head. Where was he? Why had he left? Was he hurt? Was he avoiding her? Had something happened to him?The morning of the second day, she'd given up any pretense of trying to be normal. Instead of going to work, she'd spent hours driving around the city with Steve, checking every place she could think of that Rick might go.His house was empty, with newspapers piling up in front on his door.His mechanic shop was closed, with a hand-written sign saying "Family Emergency" taped to the door.Even some of the bars Dante had mentioned Rick frequenting - nothing. The bartenders hadn't seen him."Miss Calder," Steve said gently as they sat outside Rick's shop for the third time that day, "maybe we should go home. You need to rest.""I can't rest,
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The following week, Valerie returned to work, though she heeded Dr. Charles's advice and didn't push herself too hard. Mornings were still rough with the nausea, but Clara always provided her ginger tea and crackers.Every day after work, she made her way to the hospital. She would sit by Rick's window, talking to him about her day, about the baby, about their future together. The nurses had grown accustomed to her presence, and Sarah always made sure to update her on any changes in his condition."His brain activity is getting stronger," Sarah had told her just yesterday. "Dr. Hans thinks he could wake up any day now."That hope sustained Valerie through the difficult days, through the morning sickness and the worry and the loneliness of facing this pregnancy without Rick conscious to share it with her.On Thursday morning, she decided to have lunch at the restaurant just outside her office building. The pregnancy was making her crave strange things, and today it was their famous sal
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