Chapter 1Claire’s POVThe lawyer’s voice came through the stuffy office, every word sounding strange to me. I sat there in the chair, my black dress clinging to my thighs from the nervous sweat that had been building since I walked in. My mom was gone. Just like that. And now this.“…and in accordance with the final wishes of Mrs. Eleanor Hargrove,” the lawyer continued, adjusting his glasses as he read from the document, “the entirety of the estate, including the family holdings, properties, and liquid assets totaling over two hundred million, shall be placed under temporary control of Mr. Ronan Blackwood, business partner to the late Mr. Richard Hargrove.”My head snapped up. What the fuck did he just say?I gripped the edge of the table so hard my knuckles turned white. The room felt smaller, and the air thicker. Ronan sat across from me, his dark suit stretched across those broad shoulders, his jaw sharp and unforgiving, eyes locked on me with that cold, calculating stare that
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