e mirror, hovering ri

sickeningly sweet, but her fingers dug into Adina's shoulders with a controlling, uncomfortable

e taste of bile rose in her throat, hot and sharp. She swallowed it do

her way. "He has a huge surprise planned out in the plaza. If you get cold feet and humiliate him today, I wil

t used to reside in her own eyes was dead, leaving so

signed to corner her, to use the cheering crowd as a weapo

Ignoring the flicker of confusion on Ashlyn's face,

re supposed to look surprised!" A

xit, each step a hammer blow against the past. She pushed open t

she re

it all, Zane Knight was on one knee, holding a massive bouquet of red roses. A

g sure every single person

l after we established our careers. I know you're scared of commitment." He chuckled, playing to the crowd. "But look at all these people. I pulled eve

painting himself as the devoted romantic and her

gan to chant. "Say yes! Don

t pressured, overwhelmed, and guilty. Last time, she had cr

ed the crowd, looking rig

n she s

in his own pocket of silence. He was tall, dressed in a perfectly tailored d

illionaire her family had originally arranged for her to

her l

on entirely unreadable. "Adina?" he prompted into the mic, a hint of gen

d held i

him. She didn't even g

mile froze on his face, his mouth slightly agape, his microphone lowering. Ashlyn, who had rush

directly in front of the Bentley.

lding a flicker of detached amusement.

e looked up at this cold, powerful stranger and gav

ce clear and steady enough to cut thr

He studied her for a fraction of a second, then gave a subtle no

e plush leather interior, shutting the door o

ar pulled away from the curb

knee, his knuckles white around the stems of the roses, his jaw tight as public humiliation hard

enge ha