ella
linked, my eyes adjusting to the dim light filtering through the heavy velvet curtains. Dust motes danced in the sl
iskey, and the faint, metallic tang of gun o
heets rustling agains
was wat
hite shirt, the top buttons undone to reveal the hollow of his throat. His jacket was draped over a chair, and his pos
ffocating, forcing me to be the first to break. I sat up, clut
nd?" I asked, the word tas
e. "You fought hard for this spot, Isabella. You manipulated the situation last n
cessary," I replie
hy
between us. It wasn't a casual q
erous curiosity. "You could have run. You could have begged for a payout. I
the test. If I lied, he would see through
, testing the waters with a half-truth. "I wanted to see
d in a humorless s
gaze squarely. "Because marrying anyone else makes me a tragedy. The
he Don... that makes me a Queen. It was the only choice that guarante
adable passing through his eyes. Surprise? Res
. "But ambition without
d, my voice hardening. "A
drew together s
g between us
nursing seep into my tone. "He humiliated me. He humiliated your choice of a bride. As his new mother, I
d just asked the most powerful man in the cit
ark chuckle that sent a shiver down my spine. He walked to the s
an handle him?"
a man," I countered. "And he needs to
replaced by a cruel satisfaction. "He is a disgrace to
her side of my hips, trapping me. His face was inches fr
rds sounding like a dark coronation. "As his mother, tea
t protecting his son. He
hadn't just sanctioned a family war. "Get dressed. Breakfast is in tw
ward the door, his stri
d on the brass knob, glancing back ove
icked shut
was gone, replaced by a cold, steely resolve. I had entered this marriag
He was about to learn that he had only
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