When Melody Barnes receives a letter naming her the sole beneficiary of a long-lost uncle’s will, she discovers that she may also have inherited the unnamed threat he warned was looming over him.
Seeking answers regarding the mysterious circumstances surrounding his death, she travels to Ryder Falls to confront his former business partner, but her world is further upended after she meets Nikolas Granger.
Her attraction to the domineering CEO is instant and undeniable, but she begins to question everything she ever believed true after secrets from the past begin coming to light.
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“Okay. Let’s assume for a second that you didn’t kill Matthew …”“
How generous of you,” he murmured, and he reined in the smile that was tickling his lips as she rolled her eyes at him in unmasked annoyance.“
… his letter still suggests that he thought someone was trying to kill him. He says right there, ‘I had hoped to do this differently, but I needed to put things into place now, before it’s too late’. Why would he say that unless he thought his life might be in danger? And who else stood to benefit from his death besides you?”
“Apparently you,” he deadpanned, and he came dangerously close to choking on a laugh as she shot him a withering glare.“
Why would Matthew send me a letter warning me to be careful if I was the one who was trying to kill him?”
“That was not the question you asked,” he pointed out, unable to silence his amusement any longer. “But, okay. Let’s assume for a second that neither one of us killed Matthew …”
“How generous of you,” she drawled, her eyes glittering like emeralds as she delighted in the opportunity to throw his words back at him.
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