nna
s, snapping around m
ng a step back, trying to pull my hand
burned into mine, intense and unyiel
ng with him was like arguing with a brick wall. A ha
get out
bathroom, to escape the suffoc
ot sl
er, betrayed me. My arms flailed, a startled cry esca
ith imposs
m the fall. I crashed into his chest, my face pressed against the fin
filled my head-cedarwood, that crisp winter a
n it ha
jo
c current, that sizzled through me from every point where our bodies touched. It was a dizzying,
y go rigid against mi
ccident. I could feel the hard, steady beat of his heart against my ch
gain my footing, but his ar
head back to
CEO was gone. His eyes were blazing, the blue irises burning with a ra
ped from my e
oing to
wave of panic through m
his intent clear, h
e second, I jerked
nst my cheek instead. The fleeting t
t. The rejection had stoked the fire in his ey
hten up, but his hand remained firmly pl
anna?" he rasped, his voice thick wi
n of a confusion so profound it shook him. Why me? Why was I the on
, my mind a whirlwind of fear and a strang
ouched his lips. It
stroking my cheek. "It doesn't matter. I
in place. The look was pure Alpha
And what I
, unapologetic arrogance of
ld even think of a response, he dropped
stake, you said. Fin
voice a low, serious comma
Be Mrs. M
claration of acquisition. He was a businessman, and he had just presented his
pute. Marry him? The idea was so ludicrous, so utterly ins
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