und. My heart was pounding in my c

" I whispered as

even more impossibly handsome than I could remember. He was tall, around six foot three, with broad shoulders and a hard-muscled body. His face was perfectly chisel

, I had a problem with over sharing with people. But Viktor left me tongue-tied. No man this handsome and hot had

ever marry me." He paused, his eyes scrutinizin

t shade of pink. "Maybe

your drink

accident. I

. "You ran out of

urprised me

otel, where I worked as a housekeeper. "My sister ins

im in a restaurant near Waikiki beach. Despite knowing he was forbidden and that his brother was my sister's ex-boyfriend, I

ak out. Worse, she could insist we moved to a new country. We had been avoiding the Andreevich brothers for years. By we, I mean Illyra,

d, snapping me out of my thoughts.

clothes. "Because I did t

belief. "Is this your way of

understand." I choked out.

blue eyes? How could I explain that even though I knew he only proposed to me so he could get his hands on our land, I had bee

such pathetic stup

He asked, barely inches away f

owed for some years, but that wasn

it me y

a startled l

dream of bei

er told me to avoid you at any cost. You might be r

ying too much when I noti

ing up the small distance between us.

back of my throat. It was impossible to speak when he was sta

the last courage in me. I didn't think I c

e breathed, and I gulped. Everything about him was intoxicating,

ir price," I answered, taking a step back from hi

ill." He replied crisply

l and dating supermodels, was destroying his elder brother. He was determined to take him down for cutting him off from their first cartel right before it could have made him hundreds of millions of dollars. T

because I need your

eople." He repl

t accompany getting married to y

itle,

want to marry you fo

ished I had swallowed those words. "

spered. "Why s

rs. "Because some say I am insane and ruthless. Tha

rds. "Is it true? Ar

smoothly in my ears before he turned his

rue." He replied. "Keep speaking to

outh shut because whenever I did open the

said, hoping it meant something to h

changed your mind. But has it occurred to you?" He paused, a cold smile ap

reject me. He was my last plan. My final backup p