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CHAPTER ONE

“YOU HAVE TWO CHOICES, Scarlett” Her ex-boss’s greedy eyes slowly traveled fro the fabric of her black ive your baby ahen it’s born, and become my wife immediately, or”

“Or what?” Scarlett Ravenwood tried totoward her But the man’s overmuscled bulk took up most of the backseat of the limousine

“OrI’ll have Dr Marston declare you insane And have you committed” His fleshy lips curved into a pleasant smile “For your own safety, of course Because any sane woman would obviously wish to marry me And then you’ll lose your baby anyon’t you?”

Scarlett stared at hi behind him as they drove down Fifth Avenue Blaise Falkner was handsome, rich And a monster

“You’re joking, right?” She gave an aard laugh “Co in?”

“The century a richout, he twisted a tendril of her long red hair around a thick finger “Who’s going to stop me? You?”

Scarlett’s mouth went dry For the last two years, she’d lived in his Upper East Sidely forceful advances Only his iht of her precious heir lowering himself to the household help, had kept him at bay

But now Mrs Falkner was dead, and Blaise was rich beyond i more than an orphan who’d come to New York desperate for a job Ever since she’d arrived, she’d been isolated in the sickroo the worst tasks caring for a fretful, mean-spirited invalid She had no friends in New York No one to take her side against him

Except

No, she told herself desperately Not him

She couldn’t Wouldn’t