ra'

oss buys you lingerie? You

paper bag like i

real. This coul

r-length, crimson red, with delicate straps and a slit that looked like it was designed

't what made

please, was a piece of black lace so small it

h two fingers, horr

athe lingerie. With a tiny card that said, "We

gant, sui

he life out of Lysander Eryx, and walk straight into immig

. Heavy silk. It shimmered in th

he price tag alone probably co

how beautif

ecause apparently my dignity had checked out hours ago. Then came the dress, which hugged me like a secret and f

ho belonged on Lysander's arm-not the girl who once

bathroom and immed

ad. And when his eyes landed on me, they did a slow, unapologetic glide f

ed at me like he could see straight throug

ith your eyes," I sna

n eyebrow.

er, if you make

ring my in

h dropp

invest

orners of his lips. "I paid for it. Technically,

spered in the air, wanting to go physic

s as though he was so sure of what was going to happen if

y m

ning, before reaching out

utching it tighter to my che

arched. "

eeling embarrassed even though there is absolu

e here. Is that his proble

e with a confu

pecting my garments like

of si

about the ones with the little strawberries on t

ly com

through my

a surveillance camera in the comfort room

mfort room?" I attempted to go back inside to check for m

It was a quick glance when your butto

But it was just my bralette, h

insuff

aring the

no ch

gaze dropping to the bag I was still holdi

pull that words with a straight fac

ever heard a billionaire

I could play with for as long as I wan

t this announcement over with before I chang

ockets, voice amused. "Please don't

rangle you wi

cost f

roa

e the doors closed, he glanced down at me and

n't r

little pirouette

cause he is annoying. I want to get rid of him already! One year would only feel like a wh

wouldn't agree to a damn marriage wi

knew he was pissed off by how

rows at him,

believe how I