. Then she snapped her h

of your mind

hirt tighter around her thighs. "I am not marrying a stranger. We

water. "A statement doesn't fix a viral photo of you ripping my clothes off," he said, taking a sip. "M

l rang. It wasn't a polite chime. It

glass down and walked to

a cheap, wrinkled grey suit. He pushed thick blac

s voice cracking with panic. "They just called me to in

ora on the bed. "Is this her? Is this the woman

hysical blow. The guilt she had pushed down cam

amp hair, looking stressed. "Ba

le to fund this album! If the investors pull out because of this scandal, they will br

fraud," Cora interrupted,

"Then I hope you have a spare hundred

o reply, but her phone

he caller ID read 'Br

then swiped to a

ice was tight with anxiety. "Do not come to

h dropped. "W

r voice dropping lower. "He ordered that you are to accompany C

phone. Caspian Thorne. The billionaire heir known in the New York social circles

t," Cora whispered, thou

ly. "She told HR it was your duty as a ward of the

in. Bennett wasn't just rejecting her love. He was treating her like a piece o

" Cora said, her voice en

ength. The phone slipped from her fingers and boun

o one knee right in front of her. He was so clos

es were steady, grounding. "What kind of trouble are yo

anger. But he was a stranger off

hority to force her into a matchmaking arrangement. Justine Hod

into her lungs. Her eyes bu

voice hard. "How long does t

ghtly. He kept his face per

d her hands together, her knuck

" Cora