Magdalena had long become numb to the insults people hurled at her. So why did it feel like

's handsome face was the opposite

it was hard for anyone to believe that she didn't want the

?" Viktor's tone was shar

ay?" He turned to her, eyes g

ront of him. She didn't understand why she fel

f the old man she's promised to marry. They looked alike, but Lucian drew her in. He wasn't just handsome

urned to Viktor. "He

thing electric, dangerous in his gaze, filled with mischievous fire. "What

oice thundered. "Don

ay and heading up the stairs, leaving L

son, Lena. He's always been like that. He grew up without a mother. My fir

e. "It's okay, Viktor.

and smiled warmly. "I'l

hter, who had been watching silently.

ace. A large bed stood at the center, flanked by two vanities, one standard-sized and one smaller.

at as tears welled in her

I'll give you everything, Lena. I'll

and nodded.

et some rest. I'll have a maid ca

s sparkled as she stared at the neatly arranged dolls by t

ered, eyes glistening with tea

r daughter into an embrace. "I'm s

I only have one papa. I

But he's kind, baby.

urned to wailing, and Lena co

don't hate me. You're all I have left. I don't want to do thi

everything. Viktor gave her freedom, and now she would re

ed herself a glass of water, the chill of the house wrapping around her even in the thick silence.

eyes and took

n..

door shut beside

ci

shadows on his chiseled face. His eyes were half-lidded, but the intensity

dle of the night?" he asked, voice low, slightly hoars

rst had physical contact rose ins

ed. "Just ne

ck, her spine brushing against the fridge. He didn't to

ected," he murmured, e

dy her breathing.

d brat? Or a rich boy throwing tantrums

d the glass. "I'm not here

a whisper, sharp, slicing th

rds weren't loud, but they r

ects. Tell me...will you give it to him?" His gaze dropped slowly, trailing o

there a point to

t laced with venom. "Oh, ther

hat?" sh

he heat radiating from his body. "About

've been burned before. This house is

flicker of surprise in those dark

morless laugh. "God, y

, even though his eyes were

voice barely audible, eyes boring into her. "Remember the night you begged me to ta

and she hated it. She hated the fact that one men

touch her. But it didn't land on her body. Instead, he placed it flat against the fridg

aid with a wicked grin. "I bet that's ho

d. "You don't know

th. "I will know everything, Magdalena. And the firs

body after one hot night. He managed to intr

before dropping his fi

cond chance. It's your trap. And I might just be the one who

walked away, leav

e pull. That unwanted spark inside her, dangerous an

dering what it would feel lik