I Took the Money and the Quadruplets Chapter 22

I Took the Money and the Quadruplets Chapter 22

Insider trading.

Tax evasion.

Commercial bribery.

Each charge was a bombshell. Each one was enough to land Cassidy and her father in serious legal jeopardy.

The leak detonated in the financial world.

The Hathaway family stock plummeted on the opening bell.

The SEC promptly announced a formal investigation.

Only later did I find out that the evidence had been compiled by Liam’s terrifyingly efficient team of assistants.

They hadn’t even waited for his order. They had simply taken care of the problem.

Cassidy was finished.

Her reputation was in ruins, and her family’s company was on the brink of collapse.

After the dust settled, Liam came to see me.

He stood at my door, his expression cautious, as if awaiting a verdict.

“Ava, I am so sorry you had to go through that. Again.”

“It’s over,” I said softly.

“It will never happen again.” He looked at me, his gaze intense. “I promise.”

I met his eyes, holding his gaze for several long seconds.

The next thing I knew, he was pulling a velvet box from his pocket and dropping to one knee in front of me.

My breath caught in my throat.

The box snapped open, revealing a stunning diamond ring.

“Ava,” he said, his voice thick with emotion, “I know it’s far too late for me to be saying this.”

“But I have to ask. Will you marry me again?”

He looked up at me, his eyes stripped bare of all artifice, showing only a raw, desperate hope.

“This time, not as a business deal. Not for our families. Not for the children.”

He took a breath.

“Only because I love you.”

“I want to build a real home with you, and with our children.”

I looked down at him, then at the glittering ring.

The wall I had so carefully constructed around my heart, brick by brick of reason and old hurt, began to crumble.