have wa

Dominic Caldwell to

fully understand yet. My father's scandal was being buried

n't s

save people. He

by a contract as unbreakab

ou said you're destroying my father,

ing back in his chair like a kin

ther is drowning in his own corruption. I

pine. "You planned th

lips. "Would you believe

n his desk. "This is

e, Sinclair. The only question is whe

what am I in this twist

, closing the space between

d, "are the queen

out and traced a single finger d

oice a whisper against my skin, "you'll eith

*

become international news. Social media exploded. Headline

's daughter, engaged to the

rld at

airy tale was

ck to my apartment

Ava, snapped the moment I

on't have the energy

y engaged to the

o my couch. "It

hate

till

e hell did y

now the full extent of my father's situation. If I told her the truth

itted. "But I'm not rolling ove

ply. "You're pla

my eyes.

her was that I wa

*

ic's arm, standing in front of a sea of

ist, his touch possessive,

ed. "You're madly

t smile I could muster. "I hop

Sinclair. Keep looking at me like that,

his hand, but he o

e media ate up the imag

w I was mentally p

ad a handle on the night, s

tire worl

handsome with sharp green eyes that flickered

o, no

re. No

tightened. "Somethi

f to breathe.

moved. "Liam Cal

w

a jolt of pa

well wasn't just

almost married

shattered

I never wanted

s walking stra

us, his gaze flickering f

here was a tightness in it

wed hard

e, but I felt the shift in his en

nched. "Someth

hed my hip, a silent w

etween them w

to mine. "I need to s

didn't loosen. "Tha

darkened. "Don't

ween them, the old wounds, th

ed something

t just my

ar between

was th

*

night. Liam's presence rattled me more th

I was ready to rip the engagement ring

about him?" he asked the

ound. "Wh

ed. "You were with

stay calm. "That wa

elming. "And yet, you still looked at

oat ti

he wasn'

. But before I could, Dominic reached

ded it to me, m

reen was a pictur

ree yea

I almost ran

oice was qu

rushed my wrist, gentle but uny

ed, but no w

use

minic

t, I realized som

t a contract ma

as per

inic Ca

dn't