The Rival’s Contract Wife
Killian continued, leaning forward slightly, "a private trust fund containing fifty million dollars will be immediately opened in your name. Full, unrestricted legal ownership of your mother’s inheritance shares, which my legal team is already forcibly extracting from Vance Enterprises as we speak, will be restored to you. And finally, I am funding your own independent jewelry design house. You will answer to no one. Not even me. Unless you wish to.”
Valerie stared at the numbers on the page, her head spinning. It was a lifeline. It was more than a lifeline—it was an empire handed to her on a silver platter. "Why would you give me all of this? What do you get out of a sexless, loveless marri