how much that was. No one had captured her attention in this way. From afar, it was easy to push him to the back of her mind, wave him off if he was brought up in conversation. But in person, his p

was that she needed to

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liard balls smacking against each other carried the atmosphere. India didn't bother stopp

games room, she nodded once to the

ce, Miss Mendez,"

Feel free

were just interested, while others burned through her skin, lascivious and lusty, just as she had felt all her life. These men were some of the worst in the city, and she'd had to wa

permission when she brought her favorite knife down on the hand of a man

ened it for her to go in. Her father must've been okay with this impr

greeting, not taking his eye

e could talk ab

or a second, looking uninter

ed her legs, "I had a very interesting

his chair. "It's good to k

king hard to keep the irritation out of her tone. She ma

artnership over the years has only strengthened, and we thought it was time to solidify it. You're to be married to Jason Glover by the end of the year." Her heart dropped, yet her face showed nothing

had gotten to the age that was less desirable for the men her father would want to align with, most

India clarified, hoping s

of the utmos

hy

ly, firmly, "I told you. The Mendez and Glo

l me off lik

ce was dangerously low now, and

at his desk and apologized, "I'm so

th of you. You might want to remember w

in. On one hand, she knew the devil that was her father. The other held a complete unknown. There

ed out once more,

gain, "I had half a mind to pick your sister

course not, Father." Clearing her throa

his papers, "I have work to f

chair and made her way to the door. Her eyes were downcast the en

ng she wanted. It sounded nice, warm, safe, but deep down, she knew that marriage for her would mean condemning ano

d and craved the shadows of Kingstown. And she would neve

or image of the one she had grown up with? Could she even bring a ch

image would go up in flames the moment his first affair was unearthed. Just the thought of being cheated on - a fake relationship or not -

Mendez did not belong

and it was, considering her choice was taken from her - then there