Framed Bride, Fierce Lover

colored clouds hovered over the skyline, and the wind bit into Rosafina's skin as

d delivered like a piece of fl

iano music. Each floor they passed brought her higher into unfamil

ened with a

into wealth.

indows revealed a glittering city. Sculptures stood like silent sentrie

she s

Gala

. Tall, broad-shouldered, sharply dressed in an obsidian suit. He turned sl

h he was, with chiseled features

as the p

. Lethal.

to be feared. The kind of man whose gaze alone co

late,"

chin. "I wasn't aw

on time," he replied coolly. "F

fists. "I don't

nd measured. "Legally, you

ontrol the fury building in her che

is perception. And perception is power. To the world, yo

rms. "You benefit. I

han a con

through her. She quickly masked it. "M

ed the Leone family a debt. Zelda's de

ot cur

are

er, eyes blazing. "I'

ightly. "You

ackled bet

le doors. "Your room is through there. You'l

t play

't ask

ly. "Then what do you

ce lowered. "I want you to behave in public, smile when you're told, we

ind clos

th brushing her cheek.

sed to back down. "Fine. But do

sed. "If I wanted a pupp

ured for one of his men

t before throwing one las

ted world she'd walked in

not be bro

-

he'd seen even as an heiress. Silk sheets, chandeliers, a walk-

, scrubbing until

waiting on the bed. Sleek. Elegant.

tairs. 8 PM.

tore the pa

put the

sat at the head of a long obsidian table, a glass o

l," he noted wi

said, taking her seat. "I just don't

replied, sipping

oasted duck. "Tell me something, Dante

ly. "None. You're my

arm

charm. I d

e is a busin

u give me legitimacy.

terly. "Protect

elda. Colette. The same people who put you b

falt

e more valuable alive than dead. But you're st

er eyes. "Why

, they've insulted me. No

tone made her shiver,but

yours,"

ep saying that if it m

Rosafina wandere

ectric hive. She leaned over the edge,

o it," came Dante'

t turn. "

e c

ned casually against the doorfr

ked...

she aske

have nothing left to los

e him fully. "Then I'l

mirked.

hat, he disappe

ent longer, heart ham

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property o

't mean she w

arn every inch o

burn it down