Wrong Room, Wrong Groom: Now He Won't Let Me Go

r, she shivered without pause, her frail body shaking from hunger, thirst, and the bitter chill that se

er once appeared, and not even her own mothe

was wondering how Natalie Brown

so utterly coldhearted, that for the sake of her half-brother's f

happened, and she had even made plans to run away from home with Is

ard against the wall by his brutal hands, while she herself was d

yet Isabella could only think of Natalie-where she was, whether she was sa

slip shut again, the warehouse door

es wide, squinting into the harsh spill of light as a slen

el

rgent, unmistakabl

d without hesitation, dropping to her knees and wrappi

oat was so parched that no real words came out. Tears

Natalie hurriedly brushed the tears from Isabel

ry into the Evans family with me? The Evans family is incredibly rich. One of the sons is thirty-two, and the other is

able. No matter how hard Isabella tried to make sense of it, she still couldn't understand

Isabella's stepfather's little

ting in a haze. She had no idea what choice to make, but

as, joining the Evans family had to be better th

t. Wherever you go,

.

to take Isabella and Natalie and bring them to

he was to marry Nathaniel Evans, the younger son, while Nat

a cold condition had been set: a three-month trial. Within that narrow window, both she and Nata

She had never even dated anyone before, yet now she was being pushed int

e distant and unfeeling, a man wrapped in ice. Nathaniel, on the other hand, carried

s no path left fo

talie disappear toward the restroom, leavi

issues, two cars will arrive tonight to take you and your sister to the residences of Mr. Nathaniel Evans and Mr. Alexander Evans. As for the marriage registration, that wi

ng things on her own, Isabella had a

nod as her heartbeat thud

s cars were already waiting a

ile-followed closely behind the bodyguard, her enti

ated, and then convinced herself she had it straight before slipping

flicking between the two cars with a hint of confu

leek black cars pulled away, headin

how long they'd been driving. She pushed the door open in a hurry, nerves pricklin

bedroom is the first d

ptier. At such a late hour, the silence felt unsettling, as if the entire house had g

rs, her heartbeat echoing in her ears unt

pushed it open, her mind fixed on ev

and then lie on the bed and wait-no matter what,

nic buzzed under her skin, and without thinking it through, she turned the wat

change into. Flustered, she hurried back to the bed, bare feet silent ag

e would have to undress eventually anyway, ski

th wide, restless eyes. The sheets carried a faint cedar scent, clean

ly broke the silence

lenched the fabric, dragging the sheets tightly around herself. Onl

lhouette stepped inside, bringing with it the crisp scent of ce

e shadows, as though the darkness belonged to him. He pushed the door

cating blackness, and Isabella found herse

hing-he stepped closer, the faint shift of air warni

e on her, sharp and deliberate, as if he were st

ertips brushed along her cheek, sweeping aside

ella, her body reacting b

slid beneath

king the careless charm she'd expected from someone with his

took a couple of deep breaths. "I...

ormed between Al

sed, sensible, the kind who could run a household without trouble-but

buttons of his shirt, undoing them

eavy and undeniable, pressing down on her senses until her thou