chair in a room I can't recognize. Heavy footsteps echo against the floor and the figure of
says calmly, dra
my mother?" I ask, my voi
to harm you. I'm here to deliver a mes
ng to pay anything Da
as I process the words that just came out of his mouth. It's been almost two decades since my dad was imprisoned. Since then, the name has
just say?" My
pours himself a bourbon and conti
om worsening. The best facilities and neurologists. You can't afford that. N
?" I swallow hard. "Why are
an was innocent. But in a world where power and money rules,
u kidnapped me, tied me to a c
the hurt they cause is somehow a sacrifice they're making for your own good. I know that trick too well. I spent
with us willingly. Besides,
Harri
n. The only heir to t
e a joke" I
ly appears in public. No one even knows what he looks like. And out of over 300 million people in this coun
ope on my laps and orders one
age in exchange for your father's case to be reopened. Your mother will receive the best care in the
to reveal a dense contract. My eyes
k and whenever you're ready, you can send an email to
.
wants to marry you?" Carla shrieks so l
, glancing ar
igned the contract," Nancy say
tly, it's a little hard to believe. But the docum
arry him? Well, Christian is quite romantic for a g
Scar. It's quite creepy, to say the least,"
style possessive alpha male character. It's kinda hot,
o many clauses for a contract marriage. I coul
et you at yours tomorrow
e. I was minutes away from reporting him to the police last week," Carla says, and my heart skips a beat. It's be
d I hope it stays that way," I say,
while I was in that toxic relationship I couldn't seem to leave. Once I found the courage to do so,
so familiar?" I say, squinting at t
her," Scar sings dram
years? A decade? You don't eve
day. And it gets worse when I remember I cheated on him
today. You made a terrible mistake, you regretted it, y
glasses and the weird, awkward smile he would shoot you from a dist
ard I though
ibly happened
ten times hotter.
they all
lirt, kiss, or make out with each
ust a dream," N
arla fires back, pointing, a
either ruin or brighten my future... and my mom's. Marriage is a huge step to take. But what had my hope in marriage ever given me in the past thr
was a solution. Another st
y car when an all-too-familiar
ia
air feels too thin to breathe. I
u doing here
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