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I turned to him. "Are you okay?" he whispered.
"You have a very wonderful family," I replied.
"And I'm lucky to have you as part of it," he said and kissed my hand.
Chapter twenty-seven
Prince Charming Returns
Lawrence
"What?" I asked in disbelief. "Tell me you're joking."
"I said they paid their debt in full, so you don't have to bother about getting married to their daughter anymore." Father repeated himself. It still felt like my ears were deceiving me.
"How did they even get the money? Didn't we say they can't pay half?" I asked.
"They paid in full, so that part of the contract has been fulfilled, and everything they own has been returned to them," he explained. "I even used the money to get some new properties I've been eyeing. I can get you some too."
"The only property I want is the same girl for whom I brought up this entire scheme just to have her," I reminded him. "There's no fucking way in hell am I just going to let her go like that. I want her and I want her now!"
"You're not a child anymore, Lawrence," he said in an angry tone. "If it's women you want, there are plenty of them around. Rich ones from even better money that that girl. Just settle down."
"Of course, you won't understand." I frowned and stormed out of his study.
I went to my room and pulled out my collection: every picture of her I had up until she was an adult. Such beautiful, innocent, delicate skin that had aged through the years. I had been close…so close. I knew those old farts were up to something when they advised her to take as long as she wanted .
All three of them were in on it. But there was no way they would have been able to cough up such a large of amount of money on short notice. Someone had helped them. Someone stronger and wealthier than me. Who could possibly desire Natasha just as much, if not more than I did.
Ian Sullivan. How could I have been so stupid? His sudden reappearance in her life, the way she easily forgave him, and they became friends, cutting me off completely when they had put their plans into motion. What does he know about her? Was he there for her when she had no one to play with? Was he there when she had her first period and was scared not knowing what to do?
I had been there for her so many times. I would not be ignored or pushed away. If I wasn't going to have her, then there was no way I was going to let some arrogant quack of a doctor from Richmond get the woman of my dreams.
No way or chance in hell.
Natasha
I returned to Maryland because I wanted to see my parents and share everything that had happened so far. Rachel also needed to know.
"You're so lucky," Rachel cooed. "To think that Lawrence McSleazy would actually do something like that."
"But at least everything was resolved," I sighed.
"When will my own false twin appear out of nowhere and pay a billion dollar debt for my sake?" she asked as she watched me pack my things, getting ready for my return trip to Richmond.
"Well if you actually try, I'm sure there's a man out there waiting for you," I said.
"Not with the scars on my body. Love is left for the flawless skin such as yours," she maintained.
Rachel was a beautiful woman. True her service had earned her some scars or two, but there was good in her heart, and that was all that mattered.
"You sure do look down on yourself a lot," I commented, giving up on the topic. I knew she had would never agree to the fact that she was a wonderful specimen of high quality art.
I left for the airport and texted Ian that I was getting ready to return. Apparently, he was in Maryland too, but on business.
"We're being followed," Rachel said, as she looked out the car window.
"Are you sure it's not someone just going to the airport?" I asked. "There are a lot of people going our way."
