THE DEVIL WHO BOUGHT ME

on in the mirror and barely re

sive, masked the growing storm in her eyes. The gown-a soft champagne gold with cryst

ke the d

ack.She gave a tight smile as she looked at her white satin dress. It was her d

plan. To escape. Not like she had gotten that much chance either. Her uncle had loc

to the entrance where the car that would take her to the ve

ering event hall,( It wasn't even a chapel), Natalie

was drenched in we

with champagne flutes and silver cutlery. The guests-politicians, businessmen, soc

it all, Viktor Roman

red about how powerful he was. How feared. How could her uncle be this cruel. He had always been though. Ever since her parents died and left her in

e. Old. Bald, with a tight smile and hungry, lewd eyes .But Natal

of the Roman family lawyers, To seal her fate as he deemed fit, Natalie slipp

he door open-and ran straight

" One of the men had on a smug loo

ed for this.He had guessed her ev

thing she

me go!" she shouted, but the hallway was too quiet, too i

rough the same door she'd slipped out of, shoes scrap

. Heads turned. Mur

didn'

pearing beside them with a clench

tepped forward. "Overwhelmed? Is tha

ile was stretched

pretend anymore. You're selling me off like c

o keep quiet now and apologize then carry on with the ceremony and later when everyone was relaxed, she would find

op

ed slowly, his exp

at Viktor's side in a flash

e now and everything would be

n her ears and did what her h

k just because you have money, power, and the morals of a toad, you can buy anyone you want? W

have scared her but it didn't

w, his voice barely restra

tossing the contents of her w

nst his white collar a

eemed to be working. Even thoug

oeuvres table, and smeared it down the front of his designer suit

someone who doesn't gag at the idea o

ked, appalled, delighted.

her heels across the marble floor and walked baref

had been humiliated. his pride was at stake. Her

the parking lot before the nausea hit her. Not from fear-but from the sheer weight of

lot, two black SUVs pulled up. The doors opened.

inctively, but ther

ts you back insid

n. "Tell Mr. Grimaldi t

rm again. "Didn't ask for

ke her back to the house. How great was her shock

. She panicked. Wasn't Vik

clean and devoid of her earlier mess. The minister who was to celebrate the we

. She whispered fur

ucky he chose to overlook those antics of yours. T

ng prim in his tailored suit. Anoth

popular aisle walk music played. Her head burned. Her pl

d. "you are smart, you know when to give up right?" h

. Natalie's skin crawled underneath her with every word the m

ife to love in sickness and in health, for richer, for p

Viktor's sl

ster turn

man to be husband, in sickness and in health, for

eam cars and dream cities, Stary nights and all of it. Hell she hadn't even gotten the chance to live

iss

le. He gave her a thum

out like a death sen

ile widened. He tu

why this people should not be joined together in ho

stand out. Natalie readied herself mentally

culine voice r