Betrothed To The Boss

she focused her gaze on t

Bro

ed long-lo

s desk, driving her fingers softly into the

again?" with a chill

ly. "Liam Brooks is here. And he cl

aya is not who we

in her body got tight. The words clung in the atmo

is gray eyes contracted into slits, as if a st

ander's tone was lo

tween both of them. "In the foyer. "We ha

alming breath, attempting to sta

grew stronger, stopping her

ly, you

ror and rage. "Alexander, you can't prevent me from doing this. I nee

second before resuming its hard

d stepped away, her breath qu

the hallway with intentional, calculated steps. Maya ensued, her heart throbbing in her chest as she continued to walk down the clean marble floor.

roze as they re

n eyes focused on her. A glance at him stole her breath away. He looked like

ble how similar they were. For a brief while, Maya forgot how to breathe, felt like the

?" she asked, her t

, barely apparent smil

ng within her. "Funny. "You seem

Alexander before returning to

acked. "That's

yable. "Wow, All this time, and

himself between her and Liam, his pose rig

clear that he had no intention of pulling out. His

s my wife." "If you'd like to communicate wit

them shone like an

u were always po

flowed before she could stop them. "You're t

ted and his gaze s

ound shake underneath her. "No. That is not

re tied to something she couldn't nam

ressive. Maya's throat became dry

she whi

his eyes never leavin

hen he spoke, it was low, warning

ya. "Your mother didn't just run from them,

tbeat quick

softening. "We meant

out underneath her. "No, I don't..." She nodded,

ower, almost kind. "B

ossible? Could this be true? The notion that her existence had been meticulously shaped

out a little, fading photograph. He han

d it. Everything in her life changed the

aircase of a house. The girl was smiling. Liam, the boy next to h

faced, dim y

hers. A voice whispers

rything around her clouded as the memori

tered, strai

They took you away, Maya. They took

She couldn't think. The truth, or whatever part of it

rolled but hard. "Let's establish it o

ctly what to say. "The proof is in the Knights'

rd Alexander, her heart

ession darkened.

, as the words sank in

was a suffic

, the feeling of treachery washin

on evident. "I was doing everyth

ou repeat the same thing, but it doesn't

nly one. Victoria has been watching you for ye

e in her throat; "

grew grim.

sound of a huge bang reverberated throughout the en

she muttered, her

tense, and his express

iding to the firearm tucked beneath his belt. "Sadly,

art cease

r question, quick footsteps

m, his face pallid and his tone rigid. "Sir, V

ood turne

out, grabbing hers fie

ls as panic overflowed

harp, decisive. "W

unded out from within the h

shivered w

iam. "We have a safe

"Then let's move befo

uting. M

n her chest, the walls

er, drawing her closer. His tone was

at had happened. The reality was no longer a sec