Betrothed To The Boss

foster home, how she rose through the fiercely competitive business world, and how she managed

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de an accord w

stood in Alexander's dimly lighted study space, pounding in her chest, striving

cross at Alexander, who stood next to her with the s

her voice firm, but the qui

against the surface of the polished wooden desk, and his

aid, his voice soft.

ing through her. "From whom, Alexander?

ad seen from him. For the first time, there was a flicker of something

e continued, he

ogether, his face hardened but hesitant. "Th

ke a moving train, her heart pounding and shrieking in her ears. He replied in

, in a milder to

react. "Because

became stuck

car crash. No foul play. No mystery. A tragic accident, the kind people

ya's voice scarcely

pened it, and passed it over the table to her. Maya resisted, her fingers scr

he sai

er and studied the first page. The words were hazy

h of her mother was positio

h caught.

eared," Alexander said quietly, his voice

cold terror overcame her.

jaw clench

es from a security camera. Her hands froze on the next one. It was a

snapped up.

She knew your mother. She wa

ike a blow in the stomach

ilt. Everything surrounding her seemed to move

me while she disappeared missing?" Maya'

ander answe

rt beating against her ribs. "No. That is

d piercing, unrelenting. "

to a halt. "Wha

centrated on hers. "I'm saying

softly, tilting her head as if the words co

er," Alexander clarified, his voice lo

and the paper wrinkled under her gras

ran. She didn't just leave my father-she left a war. A power struggle. And Victori

ad been established in a lie. Her mother's death was a fabrication. The man sitting

to maintain her cool. "And you know? Y

is fists tightening. "I w

nto knuckles. "By for

low and rough. "By

. "So what now? Am I just supposed to accept thi

veringly icy, like a glaci

eart struck against her ribs.

p between them, his stare locked on h

erything between them loo

her wrist with a slow, deliber

reath ti

ttered, her voic

s grip slightly. "

Instead, she stayed still, rooted to the

nd hand, his thumb slowly

kin was

Alexander mumbled, his voice dark and pe

ease and a more sinister twisting

penness in their depths. "It mean

, and before she could process what

t. It didn't

lls, and no side was in

if he were unwilling to go. The kiss was forceful a

hated

rushed against hers and ho

hes, and instead of pulling

deep and possessive

uptly as it bega

remained warmed from the touch and kiss, and h

wild and filled with

react, the study

rts entered, appearing

n said, his tone stern

re body went rig

Maya before meeting Alexander. Then

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heart s

re world

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