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He’d never given a diamond to anyone, had never wanted to, but this diamond…this diamond was meant for his family

Bill wouldn’t disrupt the little girl’s life It was clear to him, even from across the yard, that she was happy with her adopted parents He’d had a private investigator look into the faive her a happy, stable life with everything she needed Certainly much more than a crotchety old man could, even with all his riches

She didn’t know she had any living relatives, and he was fine with that He would have adopted her, but she wouldn’t have been happy with hi her choose families

He turned the gift over and over in his hands She didn’t need to know he existed She didn’t need to know the story of his estrangement from his family, or that he felt like he needed to make amends

But one day, she would need so he could do for his great-niece

Chapter 1

Khizar

Sheikh Khizar Ja on his desk one ers on the paper Bill Bauer had kept meticulous records about his mine and his business, but the one piece of information Khizar wanted was nowhere to be found

Khizar had been finalizing the paperwork to buy the faht, Bill had been 87 years old, so maybe it wasn’t so unexpected His death had put a stop to the purchase, at least until Bill’s estate was settled

Khizar’s lawyer had been able to get a copy of Bauer’s will, and after reading through it, Khizar had come to two conclusions: Bauer’sof value, and Bill himself had very little in the way of possessions

Most of Bauer’s fortune was going to charitable organizations, which Khizar supposed was a good thing The ood And, in all their conversations, Bill had never mentioned any relatives, so it wasn’t like there was faht over the fortune