Escaping Into The Dangerous Devil's Arms

the third step of

e voices drifting from the living room were sharp enough

ughn family's proposal

She was pacing near the massive leat

en banister. The wood w

ked onto Gianna standing in the shadows of the stairc

e, the heavy oak door o

mask of lines and authority. He did not look

ordered. His voice le

own the remaining steps, her stomach tighten

," Desi said. He stood in the center of the room, hi

a full second. The air in the

"Why not Kayden? She is the one dating Asa Hogan. Sh

cruel laugh. She crossed

've heard their heirs don't live long. You will just be a you

na like a physical

id, her voice dropping low.

the glass coffee table. The

r her. "You will marry into the Vaughn family. If you refuse, I will take

drained from

digging her nails so hard into her palms that the skin broke. T

pered. Her throat felt like

fatherly warmth. "You are a third-tier actress struggling in Hol

standing right behind

my shoes, Gianna," Kayden sneer

on the floor. She lunged forward, closing the dista

bled backward, her eye

Gianna said. Her vo

st the wall, but her arrogant smirk quickly re

ing the near-physical altercation. "Or you can walk

gs burned. She turned her back on

r, do not ever come back!

owly. She looked at the man who was supposed to be her f

ck," Kayden said loudly. "

was the only chain that could hold her. How little they knew. She did not say a single word to ju

shed the door closed. She twis

ntil she hit the floor. The tears she had been holding back fi

out a small, worn wooden box. Inside

ges of the photo wit

Gianna whispered to the em

her hand. The tears stopped. A col

ocket and opened her messages.

you know about the

lied almos

s sick, really sick. They're trying to arrange a marriage to

ed to flip this situation. She could

yden said. The Vaughn

he search bar. The results were sparse. No clear photos. J

screen. She needed to

n top of the covers and stared at the white ceiling.

oing to f