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The Heiress’ Revenge 16
ELSIEFor several seconds, none of us said anything.I was still standing beside Alistair’s desk, staring at Ariel who had just walked into the office as though she had every right to interrupt whatever conversation was happening, and judging by the way Alistair barely reacted to her sudden entrance, I supposed she did.Then without warning she let out an excited yelp.“Oh my God! Elsieeee”I flinched.Ariel’s entire face lit up as she rushed toward me. “It’s so good to see you!”Before I could even react, she wrapped her arms around me in a warm hug, leaving me standing there stiffly with my hands hovering awkwardly at my sides.I had barely recovered when she pulled away and looked at me from head to toe“Oh my god it’s been years, you look so different.”I gave her a nervous smile. “Different?”“In a good way,” she assured me quickly. “Definitely in a good way.”I wasn’t sure whether to be relieved or concerned.The last time I had seen Ariel, I had been younger, and everything bet
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ELSIEI stared at the file sitting in front of me for several seconds before finally reaching for it. Something about the way Alistair had pushed it toward me made me uneasy and when I opened it, my eyes immediately landed on the words printed across the first page.MARRIAGE CONTRACT.My brows pulled together. I turned the page and the first clause made my stomach twist.Six months.According to the agreement, Alistair and I would remain married for six months, and during that period, we were expected to make the marriage believable to everyone outside the walls of his house.I continued reading.We were required to appear as a genuine married couple in public, attend family functions together, accompany each other to business events and galas and maintain the image of a stable marriage whenever we were seen together.There would be no feelings.No sex.No outside relationships.My eyes lingered on that clause for a moment before I scoffed quietly. As if I needed to worry about either
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ELSIEI couldn’t understand what had just happened.One moment Alistair had been walking toward us, and the next, there had been something in his eyes that I had never seen before, something so dark and furious that even i was caught completely off guard.I had seen Alistair angry before.Did he care?No, of course not. The last person Alistair Grant would ever care about is meWas I missing something? Did Alistair have any business with Adrain or was it only that he was defending me?Don’t think too much El, whatever happened there has nothing to do with you but I couldn’t understand why.The moment we stepped into his office, Alistair shut the door behind us and before I could say anything, I snatched my hand away from his hold.I stared at him. “What was that about?”He turned toward me slowly.He gave a low irritated hiss before his eyes settled on mine. “I should be asking you that.”I frowned. “What?”He walked farther into the room, his expression still hard. “What were you do
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ALISTAIRThe boardroom had been quiet for several minutes by the time the final presentation ended, the only sound in the room coming from the faint hum of the projector and the occasional shuffle of papers as the investors looked through the figures displayed before them.I sat at the head of the long glass table, my hands resting loosely in front of me as I listened to the final representative from the Chinese company finish his pitch.They were good.Very good actually. Their numbers were strong, their proposal was ambitious, and their executives had spent the last hour explaining exactly why partnering with Grant AI would benefit both companies, but I had already made my decision since my meeting with Arthur Vale. Cross’s company was sitting across from them.They had been competing for the same contract for weeks, each side wanting to secure the partnership with Grant AI and Adrian had walked into the room that morning with the confidence of a man who believed he had a genuine ch
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ELSIEI stop in front of Grant AI and stare up at the towering glass building my fingers tightening around the strap of my bag as I muster up the sanity to face Alistair. As much as I hate to admit, he gets under my skin. I take a deep breath before walking through the revolving doors.The lobby is exactly what I would expect from a company like Grant AI with polished marble beneath my feet, glass walls reflecting the movement of employees rushing from one place to another, everything modern and technology. It’s obvious this place belongs to a man who expects things to happen when he says they should.I walk toward the elevators.Once the doors open I step inside and press the button for the executive floor.The elevator climbs quickly, and with every passing floor, I feel the strange mixture of determination and nervousness growing inside me. I know Alistair isn’t going to just accept my terms and condition without a fight and somehow the thought of facing him feels more intimidatin
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ELSIE The next morning i thought I’d catch grandpa at breakfast but he didn’t show up so I decided to go meet him myself. I could barely sleep last night, my conversation with Martha kept replaying in my head like a broke record and as much as I hate to admit, Alistair Grant was a contributing factor as well. I knock once before opening the door.My grandfather is sitting behind his desk, glasses resting low on his nose as he reads through a document and when he looks up and sees me standing there, something shifts in his expression.“You know.” He says I close the door behind me. “When were you going to tell me?” He slowly removes his glasses. “Come and sit down, Elsie.”“No.”His eyebrows lift slightly.“I didn’t come here to sit down grandpa.”He signed taking of his glasses leaning back on the officr chair. He gestures toward the chair again. “Sit.”I hesitate before finally walking over and lowering myself into the chair opposite him.For several seconds, he says nothing. “I h
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