The Will's Wild Card
By @john1208
Clara Maxwell's world teeters on the brink. The beloved, dilapidated orphanage that raised her and now provides refuge for her own spirited daughter is about to collapse, both financially and physically. Her last hope arrives in the form of Julian Thorne, a cynical, formidable billionaire who has unexpectedly inherited the very institution he wants to liquidate. The will, however, has a peculiar clause: he must live on-site and maintain the orphanage for one year, with Clara, its most knowledgeable resident, as his mandated "co-guardian" and consultant. Forced proximity throws Clara into Julian's orbit, a man whose icy gaze and razor-sharp intellect are as intimidating as his wealth. Every brush of his tailored suit, every low murmur of his voice sends a jolt through her, a dangerous magnetism she fights. But if she fails to convince him, not only will the orphanage's whispers of her past be silenced forever, but her daughter's fragile future will crumble, leaving them adrift with nothing but the echoing silence of a dream unfulfilled.
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