Taming The Charming Director

at little thing co

the audacity of someone used to control, as though the threat of death. The man sat comfortably in his leather chair, his back exposed to a woman who held his life in her tre

snapped, her tone cutting through the

r hands might have trembled, but her voice did not.

came to demand justice. Your brother committed a vile act-one that destroyed

e was threatening was indeed the rising star director who had been gracing industry

to possess was not exaggerated. I

om a poorly-written play. He reclining in his chair as if this were merely a negotiation, not a potential hostage situation. The more he remained silent,

he edge grazed his skin. A thin, red line appeare

't even

zy, bored. He tilted his head slightly, as if am

most gentlemanly-infuriatingly so. He acted like he was hosting a guest, n

to press down on her like a crushing tide. She had never done anything like this before. This rec

of the chair. She kept her posture stiff and alert as if reminding him that this ceasefire was temporary. Her fing

urrender. It

ell me: what exactly is the horrific crime I'm accused of that w

pulled out a folded newspaper, and slammed it down onto his pristine oak desk. The oa

s about" Her lips twisted in disdain at the woman's name. Just saying it made her stomach churn. Sylvia, the woma

on the photo. If only s

een present, Raellyn mi

en another woman stole the man she lov

his fingers, and his gaze danced mockingly over her features as if

disturbs you so deepl

our precious little brother-was my lover." she snarled. The words fell from her mouth lik

fury. She rose from the chair in a snap, causing its legs to shriek against the f

ked briefly. She swallowed it down. "And then I see this-" she gesture

nt he said nothing. His voice dropped

her ground. "Arsene and I have been together for a year. A week ago, he asked me t

light, delicate yet undeniable. She tossed it across the table. It skidded ac

ed the pendant, the chain coil

is?" he asked,

nt. A symbol that our hearts were united. That we were bound together by love. And now, just days aft

s no longer pointed, but it remained clutche

not a fraud? And what does that make you, standi

h, leaned back in his c

om me?" he asked coolly. "Afte

snapped. "Something yo

e sound was sof

come barging into offices with weapons when their hearts are broken?

ng. Raellyn's eyes burned with unshed tears, but she didn

nsult my background and reduce my pain to petty class warfare? Do

seemed he hadn't expecte

. "Do you still intend to kill me w

oo long on her form. "If I must tear yo

tapped rhythmically on the desk, as if testing her resolve with ever

I'd call off the wedding? That I'd drag

s tightened. "

in. "I'm simply fascinated. You risked everythi

ed. But she refused to cry. Not here. Not in front of him. She knew this e

eclarations of forever. She had let herself dream. "Your brother made promises," she whisp

speration that made the world move? That gave birth to revoluti

yes calculating. He tapped the pend

his voice as casu

a beat, "are you pregnan