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nna
ng before I even fi
ndeliers of the estate blur into streaks of aggressive light. I gripped the edge o
ok pale
ock. My future mother-in-law stood too close, her hand resting on my sho
o say. My tongue felt thick, heavy in
ut her eyes remained cold, calculating. She signaled a passing waiter with a sharp flick of her wrist. "
pull away, but my legs betrayed me. Th
blank as a slate, took my arm. Hi
he warmth, down a corridor that grew quieter and colder with every step. The plush carpet swallowed the sou
The part of the estate Ken
, dragging my fee
oak door at the end of the hall. He opened it, the hing
hitting the thick Per
lled out into
ing behind me was the loud
the haze of the drug. I scrambled to my feet, swaying,
ice was weak, absorbed by the
utside the floor-to-ceiling windows, illumi
when I
ows. He wasn't Kenan. This man was broader, darker. He was seat
tt Si
ptain. The man the family whispered about with
ak. He just watched me with e
t heat; it was a disorienting vertigo that made the world tilt on its axis. I couldn't think. I couldn't breath
led tow
tears blurring my visi
rs was cool against my burning palms. I could feel the rigid metal of his
but he didn't help me either. He sat there li
ting through the darkness. It wasn't the voice of a weak man. It was t
arable. I tugged at the neckline of my dres
p intake of br
nto the empty air, his
a faint blue light. "Lock down the wing. No o
. The scent of him-sandalwood, tobacco, and something uniquely ma
f the man above me; I could on
ply defined-handsome in a ref
ight bridge
th thick, promi
a lit
ou're so
large hand firmly gripping mine and
t be gentl
ade my body tremble; I nea
more; tears welled up in
hen will
, with its prominent veins, shifted to
ind went blank
his low, husky voice reso
e times. You count them
parted my lips, a voice full of g
I'm done counting. Ca
softly, his deep, dark e
s not the kind of
d process his words, a large ha
with his own, enveloping me completely in an
the bathroom, thoroug
s felt sharpe
, with a sigh that sounded like resignation, his fingers brushed agains
he comman
realization that the legs felt as cold and li

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