Disguised Desires: A Marriage to a Disabled Billionaire

in her chest, her breath catching as she entered the room. It was a massive study, dimly lit by the fading evening light filtering through the tall windows. Shelves

awn to the figure seated beh

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color of onyx, glinting with an intensity that made her stomach twist. He didn't look much older than thirty-five, though his reputation had made her imagine so

g in her chest. There was an energy in the room, t

nd smooth, but cold enough to send

ad. The man who had escorted her quickly shut the door behind

pearance. There was something unreadable in his expression, but it wasn't ind

lm, but with an undercurrent of something far more

ry. "I know why I'm here," she said, trying to keep

ed at the corner of his mouth. "Forced?

at what this is? A marriage co

g his hands on the desk in front of him. "Perha

f by his candor. "So, y

, as if weighing his next words

sistance, for cold indifference, but not for this. Not for a man who looked at

embling slightly at her sides. "And

s, sharp and piercing. "

ly in her chest. She opened her mouth to respond, but no words came. T

less, but there was a hardness there, a coldness that spoke of control and ruthlessness. "You've been brought here to ful

stance from him, maybe even some level of disdain for the arrangement. But instead, Damon Bl

against the expectations that her family had placed on her. But here she was, standing in front of a m

to let him see how shaken sh

it didn't reach his eyes.

me he had addressed her by her first name, and the familiarity felt wr

oning what little defiance she could mus

to a low, menacing murmur. "I know that you have no power here. I know that your family has thrown you to the wolves, and you have no choice but to play

. He wasn't wrong. Her family had betrayed her, abandoned her to this

ued, his voice smooth and controlled. "You belong to me

tear down the walls of this oppressive situation she had been thrust into. But Damon Blackwood wasn

was a part of her that was drawn to him. A part o

to the desk, her eyes never leaving hi

efore meeting her eyes again, his e

ia's breath caught in her throat. There was no mistaking the possess

ready to surr

e steady despite the rapid pounding of her heart. "But I

t, as if he found her defiance e

onfident, so sure that he could break her? Aria had spent her whole life fighting for a sense

rs. He was more than just another obstacle. He was a fo

her out of her thoughts. "You'll move into the es

What? You expect me

e my fiancée now, Aria. You'll live under

the look in his eyes silenced her. Th

ight. "But don't think for a sec

s slow, predator

deep in her chest. She turned on her heel and strode out of the room, her steps

e the feeling that Damon Blackwood had just set som

g, a part of her wasn