Betrothed To The Boss

ecisions in her life, but none we

ned the mar

to demand that the driver turn around. The car felt too small. The gap between them was overly dense, laden with unsaid words,

Not when everything tra

casting shadows that made him appear more distant and untouchable than before. His eyes, those chilly gray eyes, lacked w

ice firm despite the tempest of em

continued without looking at him. He

ned fixed on the view ahead, outside the wind

hand. "Why did you for

tone was frigid and disconnecte

hat's not a suit

towards her, his grey eyes burning into her. She saw a glimpse of something

her you realized it or not," he c

wrenched.

le

nnot simply force me into a marria

push you

h her chest. "Are you teasing me?" You backed me int

still moment. The tapping was slow and deliberate, as if he was attempting t

ean the choice between losing everything o

slightly, almost like a gr

e twist. Like it was an unbreakable contrac

"Let's be clear-I d

wline gently yet purposefully. The touch was casual, even taunting, but it

t?" His voice was a fai

at the enormity of

ull away. "

ndle me l

e. She fought to catch her breath, to re

ve got a r

her toto sense the heat emanating from his

ned, and a shiver came over her. The name he had just used, Mr

angerous. He was dangerous. Her instincts told her to push him away and

he car pulled to a halt in fro

above the city like a monument to extravagance. But standing in front of it, app

he door unlocked for her, and he ext

r head. "I can walk," she mumbled under her b

but did no

luxury bear down on her-polished marble floors, chandeliers that gleamed like d

luxury that made her

d to mutter secrets, and each footstep in the marble corridor reverberated lo

ing against the marble f

tairway. Her glittering blue eyes locked on Maya as she got c

lky with barely concealed scorn, "P

ardless of the anxiety that had ac

orted, not welcoming at a

on in her tone. Alexander's voice

the

not seem so uptight, sweetie. I'

xed forward, but Maya could observe the barely con

ck to Maya. "I hope that you sta

ck like ice, f

er tone stern as the fingerti

d to her eyes. "Didn't he share with you?" My son has a hab

Alexander, waiting for a reaction. But there

. Something deeper

and brushed a finger across Maya's shoulder.

, her voice sweet yet serious. "You coul

Victoria strode away with a smile, leavin

Alexander muttered qui

chest squeezing from fu

er, and he made a st

e lot of secrecy, and many questions remain

t rough. His expression softened some

is particular moment," he told me

tightened.

ll prote

e wanted to pull away, wa

and one of Alexander's security gua

d, hesitating brie

tensed. "W

fore turning back to Alexan

s body bec

ect as he gripped her and st

ition close to me," he said

st lik

sn't just about a

something far