Bound by Deception

ad always been

ed to the police when they questioned her about her father's mysterious disappeara

as Bla

husb

she sat across from him in the dimly lit study. The marriage contract had

on

t made her skin prickle. "You don't seem l

her head in mock curiosity. "And y

back in his chair. "Clever. But

d her name-slow, deliberate, as if te

ustomed to control, and she was an unfamiliar variable in

continued, swirling a glass of whiskey in hi

Loyalty. What a dangerous word for a woman who had en

nd," she sa

he stood, towering over her. "Your roo

room. Yo

er way, she nodded and rose from her seat, maintaining her com

e staircase, his

ely

schooling he

ace. "You may be my wife, but

head-on. "I woul

the grand staircase, the polished

was elegant but impersonal-white marble floors, a king-sized bed dressed

ng view. From the outside, she had everything-a life of lux

also walked

the door ma

me

ray of tea. "Mr. Blackwood a

d. That was..

as the maid set the tray down and

kered to the

t of kindnes

rike her as the type to play

he warmth soothed her nerves, but it did n

s eyes were, how dangerously alluring his pr

he truth final

m would be