He Called Me Gold Digger, Now He Can't Let Go

ion of a house on A

and clamped around her waist, guiding every movement with steady control, taking from her what he wanted while remaining perfectly composed-hi

yet it still left Scarlett's heart flutteri

ivan family, was the man she had

scarce, yet whenever their bodies met, they mov

elded-never resisting-always giving him exactly what he craved. Just like this time-the moment

e was forced to look up at him, her clear eyes

et he never seemed to tir

ough she might tumble into the dar

ath, Asher pulled back, already

ation in his gestu

I shower. After that, there's somet

cold and distant as he went into t

the family doctor claimed was gentle, harmless even. For three years, a

as she put on her clothes and

aming mug of dark liquid. The sharp, earthy bitterne

ivan?" Rhonda asked quietly, offering a small, sympa

the one constant in Scarlett's life. Over th

ng behind only the echo of his absence. Rhonda knew that w

th was nothing like the glamor

the mug and drained the bitter concoction

and carried the mug into t

ands clasped on her lap as silence pressed around

nds of hair fell across his forehead, softening the sharp lines of his jaw. Even dressed casual

carlett, his gaze lifting w

man from twelve ye

carlett like ice wate

f the coffee table, drew out a

ipping through the pages

graceful, poised, with eyes so hauntingly simila

he cruel truth staring back at Scarlett. All a

er curve touc

, only for her to realize he wasn't truly seei

ed since childhood, were th

gile smile. "So... She's the one who saved you back the

stole his

steady and unflinching, as he

d her." Scarlett tried hard t

ssion unsettled Asher; an ache he cou

ul exit, right?" Scarlett's voice carried a brittle calm, the words shar

e. He looked as if weighing whet

tightened in her lap. "Still, you didn't treat me all that terribly these past three years. At least I got a ta

let her eyes drift, as though

silent at

o had pulled him out of danger. But the price she paid was brutal-a car

ed her what kind of r

e-what she wanted

d before the sun set, they'd registered their marriage. From that mo

claim. Hidden deep within it was another woman, the one he had loved first, the one he believed f

come for Scarle

ed herself out of her reverie, slipped the ring from he

ips as she said, "When you're ready to end

diamond ring shimmered l

w the truth. Only three years ago, when she'd risked her life to save his

er finger, she knew the love she'd guarded so f

e for her

would feel like a blade

nd merciless, as if someone had reached

"We'll do it tomorrow-before my

Rising to her feet, she turned to go upstairs and s

give you anything you a

ays felt he o

dn't offer her, then wealth w

evenly. "I want a child, one that's ou

efore the question ev

N

ter and resigned. "Then we're done, Asher.

s in silence, her heels echoing

ked of her. Today had been the first time she'd voiced a wish of her own-a chi

d of woman to beg or linge

t the top of the stairs, a crease forming between his brows-so

the name of the sanat