The Abandoned Daughter Who Bought Her Fathers Empire
Language: en
The Harbor City Gala was less a celebration and more a livestock auction. I stood in a line with a dozen other eligible young women, waiting to be selected. As the disgraced, illegitimate daughter of the Shore Dynasty’s gambling lord, I knew the stakes. If I didn’t receive a flower—the symbolic gesture of intent—tonight, by morning I’d be shipped off to The Metropolitan District for a miserable, arranged marriage. Grant Kingsley, my childhood friend and the man I’d clung to for a decade, was supposed to be my anchor. But as he approached our line, his eyes—the same shade of warm whiskey…