KiraSan

The most recent owner of the mansion was Andrew Madison, and he had been lord and master of the home, and of the considerable family fortune, until his imminent death at seventy-nine years of age. He had only one son, Derrick Madison, and he had groomed his son, from the day that he had been born, to take over the vast estate, the mansion, the businesses, the money, and the well-respected name of their family.

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When they could breathe again, he laid back down on the sofa and pulled her down with him, holding her against his chest as he stroked his fingers up and down her back. She listened to his heartbeat and smiled, and then looked up at him.

"Derrick, I wasn’t going to say anything about this, but I feel as if you might not realize it. I think if you did realize it, it could change everything for us," she began as her own heart began to pick up speed and she felt hope swelling in her.

"What is it?" he asked, looking down at her and bringing his fingertips to her cheek to touch her gently there.

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