Refusing the Lifeline

Knowing how hard things had been on Cleo over the years, Harper did not want to implicate her. She could not bring herself to let Cleo pay for her own mistake.

Vaughn took out a checkbook from his suit pocket and wrote a cheque for half a million before giving it to Cleo.

“Don’t worry yourself sick over this. It’s not that big of a deal anyway,” he said in an exceptionally calm tone.

Harper was du