Chapter 30 – From Prison to Forever
The federal supermax prison looked like something from a nightmare. Concrete walls forty feet high. Guard towers. Razor wire gleaming […]
To erase her family’s crushing debt, Juliette marries a terminally ill inmate in a secret prison wedding. His wealthy relatives offer millions—enough to save her parents, with no strings attached. But when Roman’s conviction is overturned and he walks free, he demands the one thing Juliette never planned to give: a real marriage. What started as a cold transaction turns into a dangerous entanglement as secrets unravel, past sins return, and feelings neither of them expected begin to surface.
The federal supermax prison looked like something from a nightmare. Concrete walls forty feet high. Guard towers. Razor wire gleaming […]
Agent Marlowe arrived within the hour, her team sweeping the house, the street, canvassing neighbors. “The kid who delivered it
Chicago looked the same but felt different. Juliette pressed her face to the car window as they drove through familiar
The federal facility was a fortress in the Montana wilderness. They arrived at dawn after six hours of driving through
Roman called Agent Marlowe immediately. “Someone found us. Sent a warning. Said we have forty-eight hours before ‘they’ come.” “What?”
Morning came too bright, too early. Juliette—Grace, she had to remember to think of herself as Grace now—woke disoriented in
The black SUV was waiting in the driveway at 9 AM sharp. Juliette stood at the door, one small suitcase
Sentencing day arrived with brutal finality. Juliette stood in front of the bathroom mirror, applying makeup with shaking hands. Today,
The celebration lasted exactly three hours. Back at the safe house, Agent Marlowe brought champagne—cheap, government-issue, but champagne nonetheless. They
Juliette woke at 5 AM to the sound of her phone buzzing. Agent Marlowe’s name flashed on the screen. Her