line

diately slapped his f

me into that pile of frosting in

" I didn't want to

aac gripped my shoulder blade

ting for him to come up with

is voice laced with tha

ned my face away sharply, m

d handsome face now pleadin

l me you two weren't sitting at your fancy custom-made dining table, la

nched

ou're an orphan. You can

have broken up with

to secure our future,

r

laughed

rowned

nn to gain her family's support. O

dick to Ann for money, lying to me for two whole year

e! When that cake crashed down, you didn't help me. When everyone laughed at me, y

spoke in a low voice. "I. I'm sorry

harply. "Because you thought I'd always wait for you

suddenly-because I hit

y, my voice dangerously low. "My patience is gone. If y

e you wouldn't dare! You know doing that would only humiliate yourself. No one

ast name and her family's connections! Two year

l

exploded in the hall

hit him. My heart ached so badly. How could

y hard. He tried

at him. "Don't ever touch

mmit, let me fin

I will never be your mistress. You don't control m

ms again. Just as his lips wer

oice poured over us lik

t go, and the hollow

you two doing?" Ann's eye

lked over, wrapped Ann in his arms, and said softly, "Darling, Rose was j

es war

taste of blood spreading in my mo

dear, Rose, you look terrible. Do

then forced myself to calm

ut

ils with our parents," Isaac interrupt

er word. I turned and ra

n my face again. I needed alcohol. Something st

est nightclub. I stumbled to the bar

ited for it to numb my senses. But damn it-the

or. That fleeting moment when two people tried to promise forev

break their promises, why make them

sion started to blur-but the pa

my hips. The force of my movement mad

by, and then a pair of strong arms caugh

air around me thinned

ld, powerful, untouchable. He didn't belong in this bar at all. He wore a perfectly tailored suit, and yet I could still see the

itory. He didn't need to speak for ever

colored eyes twinkled as he said

e

neede

e someone to ki

l someone?"

o laughter, but his voice

say I can?"

surged down my spine like an ele

y before I did s

had a rough night. I'd rather not end up i

e, trying to li

, a drunk passerby suddenly

amed, but it

uid soaked the fron

he universe clearly ha

away when the tall man

my suite,

tared at hi

ve something in my room,"

of us alone sent a wave of h

down and saw how the wet fabric clung to

nd nodded.

nd, my world

arms like I weighed nothing.

?" he said with

to walk. This is t

lushed ev

felt like a dis

s of his body against mine, the

d pain f

and clung to

ded c

o think about what w