THE FORCED PROXIMITY.
Emma's POV.
The security team handled the mess with Vera’s mother at the private academy, but the real trouble was waiting for us back at the penthouse because Nathan’s mother was still pacing around the guest wing, looking for any single piece of evidence to prove to the board that our marriage was nothing but a quick corporate setup. I was standing in the middle of the upper hallway when Nathan walked out of his private office, his gray suit jacket already hanging over his arm as he gestured toward the massive double doors of his master suite, and his face looked incredibly tense as he stopped right in front of me to explain the new sleeping arrangements.
"My mother just ordered the housekeeping staff to unpack her third suitcase, which means she is planning t
