Contract with Mr. Devil

asily notice the fear in her as her hands seemed to be trembling.The heavy oak table between

ding out in front of her. She stared at the pen and eve

unding like a whisper, she had lost every form of confidence

in a way as if there's this kind of pain, darkness and anger in them. "Yes," he said calmly.

bs. It was everything she had prayed for -

ew seconds and looked her straight in the eyes, his looks were so scary, combined

o relationship outside the contract marriage, no appearances in public events without his permis

ll pay you all that we agreed upon and that will be all." "No blackmai

nario, she couldn't even Utter a word, she felt trapped an

had always been a dream for her, something sacred. This was

sp, the terms painfully clear. She would have to spend the next two ye

t afford to be weak, not now. Not when her mother's life was hanging b

e whispered, half-hoping he would retr

looked almost amused. "There's always another way,

as calculated. And

ler. Her hand moved almost mechanically, forming the letters of her own doom. As she finish

e Charlotte furious. He tapped them into a neat file and locked them away in a black folder

want to run away from his presence and from his life if only it was possib

against the well polished floor. But Oliver just looked at her and said nothi

or his coat. "Your old life ends the

't even told her mother what she was about to do. She didn't even prepare for any of these, t

, glancing back at her expecta

t foreign, a mask she would have

elf to move. She walked across the room over to where he was standi

office, now he's pulling her along like she's his maid

rison not a marriage hit her. She imagined what the ne

ng in the distance caught her attention. She slowed down a litt

ce hidden in darkness, but his voice carried clearly through the night air. "C

like a vice. "Get in the car," he co

e devil she knew and the mystery she didn't. It