Chapter 16: Get the betrothal gifts first

Marshall Chambers stayed silent for a long moment, the air thick with embarrassment. He had never imagined Liana Carver would ask for money so bluntly, even telling him to put up his car as collateral. She was bolder than any woman he'd ever been involved with, and her appetite for cash unsettled him. By then, Marshall had no interest in talking. He pulled out his phone and pretended to take a call. "What? Something happened at the company? I'm heading upstairs right away!" He pocketed the phone...