She is my nemesis
rol myself from exploding-grabbing her, drawing her into m
air over her shoulder and gather it into a ponytail. Her slender fingers moved
driving
colded myself, shaking off the thoughts as I strode past
ssandra Thomas and the thoughts of her filled my head-her smile, the way she bit
my lips before the voice of my secr
andmother is
ent rigid
up. What had once been a small, family-run diner turned, under her rule, into a global empire spanning food processing, production, and countless Michelin-starred resta
with and she was popularly called Fiery Frost because she wa
ng here unannounced
ge!!!!
I turned twenty-four earlier this year, and
y in the building," Jones added, as
iery Frost," I mutt
cket and preparing to make a quick escape. But before I c
p, and the
in a fitted black dress, pearls resting against he
ain, but this time
r's sweet, yet fierce voice came boo
ed going into her arms to re
rk going?
ndering where this unnecess
you spend your time and energy on" she said,
how she
e eyes, this woman mesmerizes me day and ni
you, I will get married" I rep
me, her smile unwavering but her gaze filled with that calcula
r arms. "Do you think I don't know your
y chair. "Granny, please
gs with elegance. "Oh, but we must, darling. You see, I ha
"What does
r handbag and pulled out a neatly seal
" I asked, ey
," she sa
es?" I
world. "Of eligible women. Smart, beautiful, and from good
, rubbing my temples. "
at as if it's a bad thing. If you refuse to fin
back in my chair. "
"I'll give you one month to go through those profiles
n disbelief. "You
affectionately. "Oh, my dear boy,
trying to keep her elegance in place. She turned o
mo
my mind went back to Cassandra Thomas-the way her hair shimmered under
mn
pick a wife for me. And there was no way I w
not to short to f