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t it won’t last,” Marie added They knew his life story Knehere and how to turn the screws If he’d played cards that night just because he’d wanted a game of chance, then so be it But he hadn’t He’d played because he’d been looking for a way to slap the oldwould do it

The heir to his fortune, caught up in the excitement of the win

An excite Liam had heard the story froirls on the anniversary of her death Walter had earned his first million, married and had Liaetting the carrot dangling in front of him And suddenly, he’d been content He had all he’d needed or ever wanted

That’s when his father-in-law had invited hiaas, where he’d squandered away his owninto his wife’s money

The second chance she’d given hih Connelly Investments was healthy and Walter made back all he’d lost plus an extra billion or so He never touched a card again And had ordered his son never to do so

“You’ve been drinking” Gabrielle, the practical one of the two, broke into his reverie She didn’t ask She told Annoying thing was, she was usually right

“Yeah”

She didn’t react “What did he do this time?”

“I was dropping off a folder to the legal department today” Liam’s current position in Connelly Investe he was an interoffice mail boy So, his father had justified, he could have a presence in every department See how they all worked Get to know everyone

It was a step up fro the previous year His first year of college, after thwarting his father’s living arrangeht janitor

Marie pulled her knees up to her a her arms around herself “And?”

“I overheard the head counsel,overly optimistic return promises to a potential investor on land that we don’t own”

The facts sounded even worse out loud than they had raht

Gabrielle, a prelaw student who lived life in black-and-white, sat up “That’s illegal”

He shouldn’t have said anything Shouldn’t have betrayed his father He’d let his fear get the better of him