Playing Love Behind Lies
suffocating emptiness in the air. This was real. In seventy-two hours, she would no longer be Livia Halstead, an ordinary woman s
ted to
to stay calm. This was for her father. If she kept reminding hersel
uiet throughout the negotiation, only speaking when necessary. Now, as the tension
"Did I?" She let out a bitter laugh. "B
't change. "You did
lest thing in the world. "Why me?" she asked, her voice
, as if weighing his words. "Your father made a difficu
down her spine. Pr
ing the conversation was over. "The wedding preparations wi
ays, she would be standing at the altar beside a ma
an object
the next d
eeze her hand when she sat beside him, his eyes filled with
etails for the rushed ceremony. If she had any concerns about marr
as unsettled as Livia was h
that evening, standing in her doorway
ng her temples. "Yo
ouldn't force you if h
er father would never have agreed to this unl
he luxury of find
smile and patted Adrian's
t one they both
rived faster than
Just a quiet, almost clinical exchange of vows in a private estate,
fled by the roaring in her ears. She repeated the vows as instructed, lee, Kieran turned to her. His hand cupped her chin, tilti
ed, too low for an
lips curving into a p
n he ki
sn't gentle. It was a
session rather than affection, and when he
felt
around them. Th
that, Livia De
an's penthouse was s
st ruined her life. He didn't look at her, didn't acknowle
ernity, she broke the silence. "Are
nd amused. "Do you want me t
I just want to know
first time that day, she saw something in
soon enough," h
eeling she wasn't goi