ainful stares of the onlookers pierced her like a razor, but she refused to show any weakness on her face. She

ious eye contact with him, her heart skipped a beat. His expression was emotionless, his arms tight acros

d on her tongue. "So

Now you want to use guilt to make him reason with

rned and entered the bathroom where she and Alex onced shared as a lovely couple. The

tore from her lips as gravity yanked her down the stairs. Panic seized her, bu

ro

or the first time that night, his eyes welled with something fierce. "Anger. P

m fell

our mind? His voice was low, controlled-but the tension in his

p gasp escaped her lips as his palm flattened beside her head, trapping h

on,

crashed o

he didn't budge. The kiss was hard, claiming, punishing-a silent message, a warning t

could think, tilted her h

room erupted into shocked murmurs, but Aaron didn't care. When he pulled back, a d

commanded, h

The notebook quivered slightly in his tight grasp, the other ha

s, her mind spinning. "You... Y

n't answer. He simply pressed

Aaron, her breath shallow. The words printed at t

GE CON

in her pounding pulses. 'Permanent union... No right to annulment...

him. "You're insane if you think I'm signing this. Her voice shook,

enc

low, cru

voice dripping with mockery. "You think he wants you back? He leaned in, his prese

hroat w

t the steel underneath was clear. "Either you sign this and live

against her ribs.

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eath h

d the contract against his chest. "If I

with amusement. "And if I had known this was how you'd re

to scream, to hit him, to er

ron closed the space bet

gentle. It was dominant,

and more, holding her against him. Her protests melted into gasps, h

nst her lips. "Tha

bruised lips. "You have a few minutes to think, sweet

. She didn't have

p breath,

ea. The entire room stilled. Alex, along with his parents and the rest

idn't h

sped hands and decl

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isbelief

d into Aaron's, her

the whis