'S
ist handed a
30th floor. He's expecting you," the recepti
Derek? Or about my mom? Did he already
as imp
to act normal as I took the card
hut, I let out a shaky breath and pressKeep it tog
panel. The elevator hummed to li
on or nervousness but the air
till the lift came to a
ded open. When I stepped out, I notice
y lit hallway, and sitting just outside it, a man whos
walked closer to him. As soon as he saw me,
, Miss Hart." He smiled and m
ed inside, my gaze immediately la
ng through a file like he wasn't aware of my presence when
flicked up from his pa
composed. His expensive suit was perfectly fitted, the top button of h
rfect in
art," he said smoothl
ng down my nerves. "Al
e a
re straight and confident desp
coffee?"
er. I'
re picking up the telecom. "S
yes widened in shock. How d
hing close to amusement. "Don't think
on of my cheating mate but I didn
ained on Richard. "You kno
, didn't I? He is a terri
ring his remark for now.
"Hate? No, I don't hate
my eyebro
red a day in his life. Never had to fight
n the past and ridiculed me because my mother was the late Alpha's mist
t. This wa
I took it as a cue to continue. "Marry me. Give me enough money to save my mother. In return, I'
st time, Ri
ips curled into a smirk. "You're pretty straightforwa
me for that. My mother needs emergency Bypas
lowly and wal
you willing to give? Because making Derek and his family a
e truly didn't
ded him d
ould be the one people laughed at. My friends, my high-school classmates, the very
woman and him telling me to let it go b
d him t
I only needed money for that I could just borrow it from him. Not just
would only be happy to see me paying
m feel even a fraction of what I had felt when I walked in on him with someone el
ichard. If he wasn't going to
and nothing more," I said firml
e truth or
us before Richard began
between us grew heavy, thick with
y still, my heart pound
stopped directly in front of me and l
h grazed my ear, sending an involuntary shiver down my
slightly. "Wha
directly in front of mine wi
ng," he murmured. "My mone
quickly shook my head. N
. With a time limit," I said, my voice
ntract marriage is what you'll get. No
around a man like him. If I actually slept with him, what if I developed
my lungs. "Oh, no, I need you to understand this,
stiffened and m
and fuck you whenever i want. If you can accept that, I will make sure Derek grovels
g my reaction before he
back to school and pursue
red as I stared
ng I needed. Every
ith this decision. I could go back to school, focus o
ve myself to the most powe
upid to declin
? Could I really sell my b
nwavering stare mak
ver, I inhaled deeply, fo
e head-on. "Fine. I ac
/1/132460/coverbig.jpg?v=48fbe61d59b262e53e1598111439e758&imageMogr2/format/webp)