nna

s, snapping around m

ng a step back, trying to pull my hand

burned into mine, intense and unyiel

ng with him was like arguing with a brick wall. A ha

get out

bathroom, to escape the suffoc

ot sl

er, betrayed me. My arms flailed, a startled cry esca

ith imposs

m the fall. I crashed into his chest, my face pressed against the fin

filled my head-cedarwood, that crisp winter a

n it ha

jo

c current, that sizzled through me from every point where our bodies touched. It was a dizzying,

y go rigid against mi

ccident. I could feel the hard, steady beat of his heart against my ch

gain my footing, but his ar

head back to

CEO was gone. His eyes were blazing, the blue irises burning with a ra

ped from my e

oing to

wave of panic through m

his intent clear, h

e second, I jerked

nst my cheek instead. The fleeting t

t. The rejection had stoked the fire in his ey

hten up, but his hand remained firmly pl

anna?" he rasped, his voice thick wi

n of a confusion so profound it shook him. Why me? Why was I the on

, my mind a whirlwind of fear and a strang

ouched his lips. It

stroking my cheek. "It doesn't matter. I

in place. The look was pure Alpha

And what I

, unapologetic arrogance of

ld even think of a response, he dropped

stake, you said. Fin

voice a low, serious comma

Be Mrs. M

claration of acquisition. He was a businessman, and he had just presented his

pute. Marry him? The idea was so ludicrous, so utterly ins